Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we must do is appoint ourselves as our own coach since , as we mentioned earlier , ultimately we teach ourselves . |
| 2 | What better place to release them than their own territory ? |
| 3 | ‘ Though I sometimes think Violette is more like me than my own daughter . ’ |
| 4 | I tell you they did more for me than my own mother did . |
| 5 | A guarantee is a promise by a third party which , if properly drawn up , will make that party legally liable to pay you if your own debtor can not or will not settle . |
| 6 | Bear in mind that a sliding reverse punch covers a lot of ground and a slightly taller opponent may still be able to punch you while your own fists are out of range . |
| 7 | Before you before you all vote . |
| 8 | He was in a far better position financially to help her than her own parents who had a lot of children and responsibilities , whereas he had no children and everything he had would go to her . |
| 9 | She stood back , still holding his hands and saw tears appear in the eyes of the old man who had been more of a Father to her than her own Father . |
| 10 | Got on better with him than my own parents , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 11 | He was wily enough to recognise that he did need his stepson ; more than David himself would ever know ; or at least needed him until his own son could be found and persuaded home . |
| 12 | And it was Nelson who held her when her own shock set in and she quietly wept . |
| 13 | He had felt sorry for him when his own bull died and he was afraid it would be tempting fate to throw up this opportunity to redress the balance in their fortunes . |
| 14 | you like it cos its all food |
| 15 | How could she deny it when her own body was betraying her ? |
| 16 | I hated it when our own kids suffered from it and I still hate it almost more than anything else . |
| 17 | Eventually , when interest in running the tennis club waned , Harold took it over and ran it as his own business . |
| 18 | His easy-going ‘ I knew it would happen ’ stance belied his secret fears of ‘ What if it all falls flat ’ . |
| 19 | I do n't know if you know what it is to work every day as if your life depended on it , to work until you feel you are going to bust a gut , until you want to cry or howl at yourself because your own body is so stubborn . |
| 20 | He is closer to the true core of our being than our own heart throb , nearer to us than our own presence . |
| 21 | Our Lady is a Mother herself therefore she sees each of us as her own child and will listen to our prayers and pleas . |