Example sentences of "making [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would stay on in Al Ain , making my own way to London in time for his return . |
| 2 | And I 'm making my own way home . |
| 3 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 4 | She says : ‘ I felt very glamorous indeed but I 'll still probably stick to making my own clothes in future . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd quite like to try making my own dye , ’ said Betty . |
| 6 | " I am nineteen years old , I am capable of forming my own opinions , making my own decisions . |
| 7 | We found then that the bigger the objective lens was the more light could be got and the bigger you could make it , so as I got bigger and got er the chance of making my own lenses and building up lenses of various kinds , I found that I could get quite a good magnification . |
| 8 | ‘ I see myself as a guardian , although I 'm making my own marks with a herb garden and wild flower garden . ’ |
| 9 | I thoroughly enjoyed playing this game and , I like the idea of making my own game worlds with the ZZT Editor and controlling the objects using the built in ZZT-OOP programming language . |
| 10 | The drone buzzed curiously across the room and vanished behind the table , making its own checks on the Doctor 's health . |
| 11 | Once the question for the court becomes one of making its own assessment of the evidence , making findings of fact on all the relevant evidence placed before it and drawing the appropriate legal conclusion , and is no longer a question of simply reflecting government policy , letters from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office become merely part of the evidence in the case . |
| 12 | Norway , which produces more than two million barrels of oil per day , has introduced its own carbon taxes , making its own petrol prices among the dearest in the world . |
| 13 | The Battalion was formed complete at Newbury Race Course , each company making its own way to this rendezvous . |
| 14 | As well as its apparent willingness to take on board proven independent software technologies , the company is also making its own products available on other platforms . |
| 15 | The international forum established after the Rhodes Summit in December 1988 has made little headway on the issue of border controls , and the police are critical of the British government 's delay in making its own position clear . |
| 16 | The group projects a version of the formal om-nicompetence of all solicitors as a device for generating trust from the public which is used to making its own judgement of other occupations . |
| 17 | The company will use Ti'ko 's old kit to start making its own range computers . |
| 18 | Technology is making its own bid to shoulder out the financial middleman |
| 19 | Quiet , insensitive and inhuman , modern technology is making its own bid to shoulder out the financial middleman . |
| 20 | It is understood a special six-man squad of detectives is making its own inquiries after meeting a wall of silence generated by fear from the injured men and others seen so far . |
| 21 | And yet , even though her father had talked to her like one adult to another , as if at last he was ready to acknowledge that she 'd grown up and was making her own decisions , she 'd sensed the undercurrent of despair in what he was saying . |
| 22 | Did they all think her incapable of making her own decisions ? |
| 23 | Friday Matters : GUARDIAN MAKING HER OWN MARK |
| 24 | But in a television interview at the end of 1989 Kylie confessed that the pressures of international stardom meant that now she had precious little time to spare for making her own clothes . |
| 25 | She was even making her own clothes which she often paraded at public appearances in Britain and Australia . |
| 26 | And if she was n't making her own clothes , she was determined to back her country folk and wear designer gear from Down Under , not previously known as a stronghold in fashion terms . |
| 27 | Barbara says although she had a fantastic day , she will probably stick to making her own clothes in future : ‘ Trying on all those clothes was fun but it made me realise how tiring modelling — and shopping — really are . |
| 28 | Fellow clarinettist Rebecca Cooney , 21 , of Shepshed , Leics , is making her own bit of history . |
| 29 | She 's making her own life now . ’ |
| 30 | Making her own way as a maid-turned-chanteuse , Madeleine experiences extremes of joy and sadness , and her toughest test comes when Eternité becomes an artifact to kill for . |