Example sentences of "[coord] his own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result the farm worker is as likely to resent the high wages paid to workers in other industries for what often appears to him to be little skill and less hard work as to harbour a sense of grievance against either farmers in general or his own boss in particular . |
| 2 | Brook staff treat each client as an individual and try to help the person to make her or his own decisions and find solutions to particular problems . |
| 3 | Dean reveals Northern grit but not doubt : not to the opposition or his own team-mates : ‘ Obviously I have moments of self-doubt , but I do n't believe it 's right to show that . |
| 4 | The signer can not rely on subjective factors , or his own inability to read the language of the document , except perhaps if that fact is known to the other party . |
| 5 | Does n't he care for his soul , or his own life ? |
| 6 | Linguistically , the line acknowledges that the representation of Astrophil 's love — and what or who is not clear , Stella or his own self-absorption — may be feigned , a false and therefore different presentation of his love . |
| 7 | The autocratic style of a president who regarded state-controlled radio and television as a transmission service for the government , who felt free to interpret his constitution as he saw fit and regularly to circumvent parliament or his own ministers teetered perpetually on the verge of excess . |
| 8 | This ( almost certainly unintended ) result is a consequence of the writer relying on other people to state ideas rather than trying to understand and restate them in her or his own voice . |
| 9 | Or his own self-deception ; she had unseated him too deeply for him to be sure any longer of the distinction . |
| 10 | Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour . |
| 11 | It is nothing to do with his love life or his own business but a lot of money is involved . ’ |
| 12 | Holidays spent in Swindon or Wales , a time of freedom from the severities of classroom timetables and disciplines , gave opportunities for naturalistic pursuits in a setting more favourable even than the widening circle of his weekend and holiday explorations of London and Surrey commons with Arthur Hardy or his own brothers , themselves an essential escape from domesticity , homework and discipline . |
| 13 | He handled it the way he wanted to , without involving us or his own people . |
| 14 | If a pianist is particularly charming and quite gifted , his failure to win the competition need not trouble him ; money is raised privately among local citizens , and he is given his own Carnegie Hall recital , perhaps , or his own scholarship to the Conservatoire in Paris , with a living allowance to provide for ‘ a minimally decent standard of living ’ — a phrase used in Forth Worth to describe what British people might call an upper middle-class lifestyle . |
| 15 | Life member Laurie Lee was invariably on the boundary to give his vocal backing during a match , and then add to the convivial post-mortems back at the Butcher 's or his own local at Slad , the Woolpack . |
| 16 | He did not need words to join in this act , he could use the words of the prayer book or his own words , but he needed no words at all . |
| 17 | BUCKINGHAM PALACE 12 October : His Excellency Senhor Luis Neto-Kiambata was received in audience by The Prince of Wales and The Prince Edward , Counsellors of State acting on behalf of The Queen , and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the People 's Republic of Angola to the Court of St James 's . |
| 18 | The psycho-therapist , social worker or social reformer , concerned only with his own clients and their grievance against society , perhaps takes a view comparable to the private citizen of Venice who concerns himself only with the safety of his own dwelling and his own ability to get about the city . |
| 19 | Dairying in particular occupied the second Earl 's attention and his own dairy herds were a lifelong passion . |
| 20 | The tragedy must rest solely on the simple problem of the relation between his intense loyalty to his followers and to his lord , and his own pride as the supreme warrior . |
| 21 | He received no pay for being the treasurer and his own debt continued to escalate , so he used the fund account to ease his financial situation . |
| 22 | My God , he thought , Edwina Currie a whip , and his own secretary given the once over by ‘ Worthy ’ Evans . |
| 23 | The captain of the St Louis , while distrustful of both local politicians and his own shipping line , was convinced at least of one thing : that if Cuba proved inaccessible , the United States , to which most of his passengers had the right of eventual entry , would surely accept them earlier than promised . |
| 24 | Paul knows , not only from pre-conversion experience but , as a careful reading of Romans 7 will show , from painful experience of struggle and failure as a Christian , that when he relies on himself and his own resources ( such seems to be the nuance of ‘ I of myself ’ in Romans 7:25 ) , he remains subject to the law of sin . |
| 25 | In Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1978 ] 3 WLR 116 whilst managing director of the plaintiffs and without their knowledge or consent , the defendant placed orders for the benefit of himself and his own company with the plaintiffs ' suppliers . |
| 26 | Working alongside other pioneers he was first spontaneously discovering new possibilities in camera technique and then he found that he could equally spontaneously draw on his experiences and his own values . |
| 27 | George made two or three telephone calls from the nearest box , handed over the minute inspection of Orlando Benyon 's shed to the appropriate people , made contact with the police pathologist and his own chief at C.I.D . |
| 28 | Indeed , his stern morality and adherence to the ideals of classical republicanism , as mediated through such writers as Algernon Sidney and his own uncle by marriage , Henry Neville [ qq.v. ] , made him almost an archetypal ‘ country ’ member , and he was quickly to the forefront in the agitations against a standing army and political corruption in general . |
| 29 | He jerked the attendant 's whole body and his own head to indicate the kitchen around them . |
| 30 | Arkwright also built many of the three-storey stone houses in the village for his workers , as well as the church , school and his own home , Willersley Castle , known locally as Arkwright Hall . |