Example sentences of "[verb] at [pos pn] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , you do n't invite the left in to gloat at your own failure . |
| 2 | ‘ But I think he was quite rational last night , ’ said Breeze , marvelling at her own coolness . |
| 3 | She 's so scared , she 'd jump at her own shadow . ’ |
| 4 | Federman has explained this characteristic as ‘ imagination mocking what it pretends to be doing … imagination laughing at its own pretensions ’ ( Federman 1976a : 576 ) . |
| 5 | The morning after that first night they bathed together , laughing at their own bodies and the world . |
| 6 | Then , falling into each other 's arms , they tumbled about laughing at their own precocious English . |
| 7 | He doubled up laughing at his own joke . |
| 8 | this joke is not about laughing at your own jokes |
| 9 | Laughing at your own silly mistakes can help to take away any embarrassment and the need to apologise constantly for your gaucheness without any loss of dignity or selfrespect . |
| 10 | he 's suffering , it 's bad about laughing at your own jokes that , you do n't do that . |
| 11 | That very first event started the train of countless numbers of such events and each of these , occurring at its own relevant time , provided a corresponding addition to what millenniums later , man is able to interpret as countless millions of ‘ units ’ of ‘ goodness ’ . |
| 12 | And he wonders at his own sanity when he hears of the wealth of some of his rivals . |
| 13 | ( This was a circumstance paralleled at his own funeral , when the friends and relations of the woman he 'd been living with for part of the week since the early 1960s stole the show from us , the pathetic huddle of the family of his middle years . ) |
| 14 | ( Abberley looks at his own cardiograph for a time . |
| 15 | But , once again , Scotland had done their homework , though it has to be said that Monsieur Dume was a little different from the referee of Cardiff , presumably because referees also watch videos and wince at their own sins , not least of omission . |
| 16 | In 1875 Mann Crossman and Paulin opened its own purpose-built pale ale brewery in Burton-on-Trent , costing £77,000 , to beat brewers such as Bass and Allsopp at their own brew . |
| 17 | The proctologist hooted at his own wit before asking which of my father 's famous wives was my mother . |
| 18 | He was bound to provide at his own cost one riding forester and two walking foresters to keep his bailiwick , and to perform the military service of ‘ going in the army at the King 's cost wherever the King goes ’ . |
| 19 | Continue walking at your own speed , pulling slightly on the leash in order to tighten the choke chain , accompanying this with the command ‘ heel ’ . |
| 20 | In England older men could get contract work for hedging and ditching , maintaining public spaces , or minor building repairs , which allowed them to work at their own pace . |
| 21 | She adopted an individually structured approach to teaching which allowed students to work at their own pace as and when they pleased . |
| 22 | While contracts ( see under contract teaching ) can be used in full-class , teacher-centred situations , their full potential is realised when they are employed to break the " lock " step and free students to work at their own rates and in their own ways . |
| 23 | There is no set length of time in which to achieve these either — each individual is allowed to work at their own pace , they are assessed when they are ready . |
| 24 | And space to work at his/her own level of interest ? |
| 25 | According to Kennex , any given section of any symmetrical frame-by width-responds to ball impact of vibrating at its own discreet frequency . |
| 26 | Noreen teaches HGV lorry driving at her own school in Halifax . |
| 27 | The heads , from top independent boys ' schools , want to reduce A-level failures by letting students study at their own pace . |
| 28 | All that you need is the use of a PC , and you can study at your own pace . |
| 29 | The Amsterdam Travel Service Cycling Holiday allows you to explore at your own pace the colourful landscape in what is arguably the most beautiful area of the Netherlands — ‘ t Gooi en Vechtstreek or ‘ The Garden of Amsterdam ’ . |
| 30 | Michael decides he needs time , time to explore at his own pace projects involving the art of photography , video , tape slide , drama , art and design , computing , creative writing , music … |