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 .
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