Example sentences of "own [noun sg] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	He had advanced thousands of pounds of his own money to keep the parliamentary forces of Yorkshire going .
2	They may realise also that to do so is perhaps a reflection of their own inability to create the excellent plot structure , characterisation and atmosphere of this successful series .
3	Relying on the Bible , Roman law , and the classics to explain what ought to be , John also drew on his own experience to describe the contemporary scene .
4	At least one of the Scots of flag rank , Admiral Lord Keith , was no friend of the Administration , and he employed his own patronage to augment the Indian patronage distributed by his brother , William Elphinstone , in order to sustain an opposition political interest .
5	State department officials seem to have been concerned that the conference would deflect attention from their own campaign to expose the alleged use of mycotoxins by Vietnam in Laos and Kampuchea .
6	How many of these telephones were installed remains unknown , but after the revolution many Romanians who had telephones ( a small minority of the population , of course ) ripped open their own apparatus to find the hidden microphones .
7	In this respect , the learner exercises his own initiative to ensure the proper supply of comprehensible input .
8	Then it was the turn for my own hand to explore the anonymous member beyond the missing brick .
9	So mestizo culture — reluctant to let go of tradition — created its own deity to host the yearly handout .
10	Was it your own suggestion to make the whole thing so tedious that it sent the nation to sleep until after the election ?
11	If the citizens of Sheffield needed to go to Walsall , I am sure that they would do so , but they need look only to their own trust to see the remarkable progress already made .
12	It was reported on Dec. 27 that Serbia had introduced its own currency to replace the Yugoslav dinar .

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