Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] own [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet should their own government , run by fellow noblemen and dedicated to their security , conclude that serfdom was too dangerous to perpetuate , they would bow to the inevitable . |
| 2 | At the very least , however , unpalatable though the proposals may at present be , they may prove more acceptable than the alternative already foreshadowed by Sir Adrian Cadbury should his own committee 's voluntary code fail to command compliance — the even more unpalatable prospect of governance by legislation . |
| 3 | How long could their own obstruction permit the slave-owners to claim the slaves were unfit for freedom ? |
| 4 | ‘ The day when I attached less importance to ( my stepdaughter ) liking me than to her respecting me , I began to treat her more as I would my own child . ’ |
| 5 | How would my own child see me ? |
| 6 | Teachers , it was felt , were the guardians of a politically free curriculum : if they lost their entitlement to control the learning experiences of pupils , not only would their own professionalism be undermined , but , worse , schools could easily become the agents for transmitting ‘ state-approved knowledge ’ . |
| 7 | Would her own marriage be like that ? |
| 8 | What would her own stepchildren say to her divorce from their father ? |
| 9 | Nor would her own mother have permitted her to marry Memet . |
| 10 | Or is it falling into the old sin of hubris to say you can will your own death ? |
| 11 | Can your own country 's residents deposit and borrow in the ECM ? |