Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] at [pos pn] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben and his young friends had been told at the start of the meeting to behave themselves and not get in the way of the other archers , so they were not too pleased when he beat them at their own game . |
| 2 | On a Jamaican cattle ranch acquired in settlement of some debts , he freed the slaves and transported them at his own expense to Philadelphia for resettlement . |
| 3 | He 'd survived where they had eliminated some of his followers because they took him at his own estimation , a man of the cloth . |
| 4 | When faced with that choice this summer , I chose to encourage people to continue to develop computerisation in primary health care rather than simply to reward directly those who did something very valuable — there is no doubt about that , or about the fact that they did it at their own risk — some years ago . |
| 5 | Strangely , it was a job that satisfied him , for he did it at his own pace and in his own way , and provided he did it well , which he did , then there was nobody to disturb him . |