Example sentences of "in [pron] own [noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their own refectories they ate a ceramic-reinforced , drug-laden booster diet in silence , ending with a prayer recited by an older initiate . |
| 2 | The Normans were ruthless conquerors , but in their own domains they knew what to preserve ; and Palermo remained , like London , the most populous and prosperous city of its region . |
| 3 | Yet in their own terms they seem fairly content with their lives , and they do not rail against the fate that has left them with this role . |
| 4 | In his own words he went ‘ walkabout ’ . |
| 5 | In his own words he returned with a ‘ rich harvest of knowledge ’ , ‘ the finest collection extant ’ ; in the words of prince , ‘ His collections of Birds , quadrupeds , nests and eggs are unquestionably the finest that have ever been brought home ’ . |
| 6 | In our own tests we found that the Grizzled Skipper with 512K RAM fitted showed little speed advantage over a Super VGA card with 1MB RAM which is commonly fitted in many high-end machines . |
| 7 | ‘ It is in our own hands we have to stop worrying what other clubs are doing . ’ |
| 8 | interesting , you said the British battalion , th y , in your own battalions you kept your own nationality . |
| 9 | In your own interests it pays to seek the opinion of other experts through their writings . |