Example sentences of "[prep] her own [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Her hand drifted to the back of his head and without any conscious decision of her own it pressed lightly to bring his mouth to her aching , demanding breast . |
2 | She was a woman in need of a child to love , and having none of her own she was lavishing it all on Corrie Palmer , which was sad because in another year she would have to be returned to the hospital . |
3 | Is it possible , ’ wondered the earl , appealing deferentially to Prior Robert 's more profound instruction in things holy , ‘ that for some beneficent purpose of her own she may have transferred herself miraculously from the place where she was laid ? |
4 | If she were to ask her father on her own he would give her anything . |
5 | Mind she 's very lonely , she 's on her own you know and she 'll talk to anybody |
6 | If Sabine had wanted to break away and work on her own she could have done so at any time . |
7 | Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's |
8 | I mean when she is , is on her own I presume she 'd go to her room if she wants ? |