Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] can [verb] [pron] own " in BNC.
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1 | A house wine is on offer , or you can bring your own . |
2 | Or you can hire your own personal hostess , also from the tourist office . |
3 | There are many types of bin sold to keep the compost area tidy and clean , or you can make your own . |
4 | These can be bought with the preformed arch , or you can make your own , either by plastering over metal mesh nailed to battens , which are screwed to the wall , or by forming a shape with timber blocks and mouldings . |
5 | You can find dozens of natural microhabitats simply by looking out for them , or you can make your own . |
6 | Lifts can often be arranged or you can make your own way . |
7 | You have the choice of being snooty and tutting at people sitting in their cars , packing their faces with hot dogs , or you can pack your own face with a hot dog before you set out . |
8 | You may use the EVAL function to convert a sting input to a numeric and report an error if the string is not a proper number or you can include your own validation checks . |
9 | Fabric from a selection or you can supply your own . |
10 | Or we can reform our own private health care system , which still gives us , for all its flaws , the best health care in the world . |
11 | Or they can develop their own autonomous ordering . |
12 | You only need to drop me in town , and I can make my own way from there ! ’ |
13 | You and I can make our own ways here . |
14 | From £14.98 to £470 and you can choose your own contents . |
15 | As far as the Answering Machine side is concerned , the length of incoming messages can be set , and you can record your own messages . |
16 | The chefs cook in front of customers , and you can make your own pizzas . |
17 | You get done for , pulled up for speeding or parking or something and you can pay your own fine . |
18 | Armfuls of comfy cushions give a welcoming feel to a room , and you can add your own touches with fabric paints . |
19 | Soilless composts can also be put together at home , as in general they consist of 75 per cent granulated peat and 25 per cent fine sand ; the amount of plant food and chalk in the proprietary kinds varies from brand to brand , and you can add your own as required , though a good general mixture can be obtained by adding about 28 g ( 1 oz ) general fertilizer and 28 g ( 1 oz ) chalk to 1 bushel ⅛ gallons ( 36⅓ litres ) ( by bulk ) of compost , mixing all the ingredients thoroughly . |
20 | From £329 , and you can take your own bike . |
21 | The class are encouraged to find their own solutions to problems and they can choose their own methods of working ; they are encouraged to be active , independent learners . |
22 | The individual performers will be interested in other factors too as will the teacher , and they can have their own checklist of language performance points to look for . |
23 | He 's a natural doer and thinker and organizer , easily bored by detail , but brilliant at conceiving conferences and programmes of action , and he can hold his own with academics three times his age . ’ |
24 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
25 | I knew I 'm a good chatterer ’ — he grinned — ‘ but I can keep my own counsel , and yours an' all , if you want to talk . ’ |
26 | These are padded mini-mattresses covered with smooth plastic , but you can make your own from rubberised carpet underlay . |
27 | But you can draw your own conclusions . |
28 | But you can get your own back . |
29 | For we may not be able to control the behaviour or attitudes of others , but we can modify our own responses . |
30 | So , as far as the , the erm , erm , report is concerned er , if I 've got to make a recommendation , because obviously people have got different views on this one , it would be in fact that we go for total er , information so that people can make up their own minds , and if , and it might be wrong , but they can exercise their own prejudices . |