Example sentences of "of [pron] own [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | spoken with unbecoming censure respecting the works of cotemporary architects , and somewhat boastfully of my own design for the building under consideration . |
| 2 | The hotel staff had been firmly relegated to a very small part of their own domain for the preparation of luncheon and would thereafter be merely onlookers , apart from serving the food to the hoi polloi of the guests this evening , while Auguste and his pupils served the Prince of Wales 's table . |
| 3 | TVR surprised the world with the exciting new Chimaera and a V8 of its own design for the stunning Griffith |
| 4 | ‘ Give me a child at seven , ’ he 'd mock , ‘ and I 'll fill its head with so much gibberish and superstition I 'll have it scared of its own shadow for the rest of its life . ’ |
| 5 | Her friend had paid a flying visit to Robbie 's home on the eve of her own departure for the Scillies and her new job , to say her goodbyes and hand over the key to her accommodation . |
| 6 | Sugar , who with his directors holds a 36% stake in the group , is stumping up £19.5m of his own money for the deal . |
| 7 | He gave Jim 's clothes away to a refugee organization and pawned his watch to buy some clothes of his own choice for the interview . |
| 8 | It teaches a child to let go of his own will for the sake of others , with whom he has to live and let live . |
| 9 | Sartre , as Simon Clarke argues , ‘ takes the conscious rationalization of his own culture for the ultimate meaning of humanity ’ . |
| 10 | In April , Freddie Laker himself came to lunch on Branson 's boat , to recount once again the story of his own downfall for the benefit of his would-be successor . |
| 11 | When they did take place they could still be very costly to those who undertook them : Earl Granville , who represented Britain in Moscow on that occasion seems to have paid £7,000 out of his own pocket for the privilege . |
| 12 | But if there is no question of the animal 's being aware of this harm in prospect , and if it is coupled with a painless death , then the question merely reverts to one of our own justification for the practice . |