Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pos pn] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , not many business executives or lawyers write satirical novels or plays about their own profession . |
| 2 | Deng Xiaoping managed to stay alive and did not wish to wait for his own death before being given any credit . |
| 3 | ( Cash more and Troyna , the editors of the volume in which Rex 's paper appeared , were widely criticized for their own collapse into a cultural essentialism which accused ‘ black youth ’ of being ‘ arrogant , rumbustious and contemptuous ’ and having ‘ a certain fascination for violence ’ ( 1982 , pp. 18 , 33 ) . ) |
| 4 | The tunic fitted over a loose linen shirt and was belted snugly by the sash that Riven was coming to see as his own . |
| 5 | The Countess of Scarborough was rapidly captured by one of Jones 's squadrons and a two-ship duel developed between his own flagship , the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis . |
| 6 | Doubtless even the Vikings ( after sailing , raping and pillaging all summer ) got about their own snowy land on useful planks of wood . |
| 7 | It 's the sort of feature anyone half handy can make for their own water garden . |
| 8 | In the first place , we all need to mourn for our own sins and for the negative contribution we bring into the world . |
| 9 | These people cared deeply about the success of the venture because they cared about their own livelihoods , the future of their children and the very breath of their dying community . |
| 10 | Although there are only 15 contractors , they have between them 50-odd transmitters , each of which needs two copies of the commercial ( at least ) , so allowing for your own copies and back-up stock , you will need 115 or so bulks for a national campaign . |
| 11 | The SFO had alleged that they secretly arranged for their own companies to buy shares , thereby raising the take-up level announced to other investors . |
| 12 | A deep sense of another 's ingratitude invaded her — she found this foolish light-minded bird quite detestable in her desertion , in her stupidity and folly , in her lack of recognition of the comfort and safety arranged for her own good , contrived and given with heartfelt care and love . |
| 13 | Her ostensible motive was that one of the defendants , not content with court security , had arranged for his own — an off-duty policeman , packing two police-issue revolvers and , said the judge , ‘ enough ammunition to send to Sarajevo ’ . |
| 14 | She leaned back against the seat , her hands pressed between her own legs . |
| 15 | Another reason given for his own preference was the ability of his favourite novel to ‘ allow pupils to be drawn into the emotional climate of the book . ’ |
| 16 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 17 | He will be enmeshed for his own good in the electric wires which bring with them life-giving energy to make the farm fertile . |
| 18 | This undiscriminating enthusiasm … prevented him from settling on a ‘ field ’ to cultivate as his own . |
| 19 | They will replace a hotchpotch of weapons that these countries have in the past developed for their own use or bought from abroad . |
| 20 | They fear for their own livelihoods if it is closed . |
| 21 | We think he is so distressed that we fear for his own safety and are now very concerned for him . |
| 22 | There is increasing pressure on people to plan for their own old age , possibly using their assets to purchase suitable accommodation and personal care . |
| 23 | Her judgement of Alan Jones was both admiring and shrewd , and he asked about her own education , becoming aware that at least four other men were listening with great interest and that Catherine Crane was so used to this that she was unconscious of it . |
| 24 | It was a chilling thought that the very circumstances she was using for her own purpose accorded only too well with the Empress 's schemes . |
| 25 | DEC already has the incomplete version 1 of the OSF operating system out on its MIPS line , and it 's this that customers are using for their own early development work . |
| 26 | Initially at least , most of us find our thinking about Japan grounded in the differences we perceive between our own society and Asia 's New Giant . |
| 27 | Work in the vineyards continued , with women and children dying while servicing the vineyards that the soldiers on both sides manipulated for their own strategic purposes . |
| 28 | At best , it is a tour de force , a piece of self-conscious " theatre " manipulated for his own purpose . |
| 29 | The title ‘ Head of the Commonwealth ’ , against which from the government benches I registered a lone protest upon the second reading of the Royal Titles Bill in March 1953 , enshrines a paradox which thirty years ago two countries in particular conspired for their own purposes to ignore : India , in order to become a republic while forfeiting none of the privileges which allegiance had conferred , and Britain , in order to feed its delusion that the Empire was being transformed into something brighter and better still . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , the ambiguities remain and contribute to the uncertainty with which the CMHT members go about and account for their own work . |