Example sentences of "[pron] own for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember when I was on my own for a couple of years , and had a great time … but then you find yourself slipping into this feeling of being v-e-r-y lonely indeed . ’ |
| 2 | It 's nothing , I was off on a track of my own for a moment . |
| 3 | ‘ When we played Everton I had four people working with me , ’ recalls Biggins , ‘ but now I 'm working on my own for the VAT man . |
| 4 | Nigel asked Eleanor round once more and they were left on their own for a while . |
| 5 | During the time when negotiations with Southwark were still continuing , the Age Concern Research Unit ( ACRU ) had been approached by service-providers ( the consultant psychogeriatrician , the social services department and the local Age Concern organiser ) in Ipswich , Suffolk , with some ideas of their own for a project on the elderly mentally frail . |
| 6 | The Broadcasting Bill removes constraints on European companies wanting to own television companies or bid on their own for a Channel 3 franchise . |
| 7 | This little band of Medau enthusiasts decided on a little fund-raising of their own for the team and on 18 May held a sponsored ball bounce . |
| 8 | If you have an entertainer , this is not likely to happen , unless you explain that you do not mind if he or she just lets the party run on its own for a while . |
| 9 | She had to get out of here , had to be on her own for a while , had to sort out the confusion fogging her brain . |
| 10 | ‘ Just that she wanted to he on her own for a bit . ’ |
| 11 | She seemed to be lost in memories of her own for a moment . |
| 12 | She had a plan of her own for the visit , though she decided not to tell Charity about that at this stage . |
| 13 | He picked up the phone — his own for a change — and rang her in a state of anger . |
| 14 | ‘ He is putting on weight and picking up his strength and can sit up on his own for a couple of seconds . |
| 15 | Zoophilus had not been able to acquire a copy of Vial 's plan but he put forward a plan of his own for an animal hospital , for a regular set of teachers forming a school , and provision for receiving living subjects in various states of disease . |
| 16 | And Gooch advised him to put England 's needs before his own for the winter tour of India . |
| 17 | He had a date of his own for the foundation of Rome , made direct enquiries about the Penates of Lavinium , described the ritual of the October horse in the Campus Martins , attributed the introduction of coinage to Servius Tullius , etc . |
| 18 | It was impossible for him to have escaped on his own for the door was secured by a wedge , pushed through a hasp to hold the hinged staple in place . |
| 19 | The list shows four predefined styles , but none of them looks enticing , so we 'll define one of our own for a heading . |
| 20 | But why buy made to measure furniture , when you can easily install your own for a fraction of the cost ? |
| 21 | Are you awake enough to sit here on your own for a bit ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So if you want to go off on your own for a bit , and you 'll trust me , ’ said Emma , ‘ I can look after Ruth . ’ |
| 23 | Ideally you need just a little one-to-one tuition , preferably after you have struggled on your own for a bit to discover which bits are clear as daylight and which are clear as mud . |
| 24 | In deep water , he said suddenly , ‘ Now swim on your own for a bit . ’ |