Example sentences of "[adv] of [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then of course not one would enter the gangway to go into the steamer , so they caught one and forced it through , then all the rest followed quite eagerly of their own accord . |
| 2 | spoken with unbecoming censure respecting the works of cotemporary architects , and somewhat boastfully of my own design for the building under consideration . |
| 3 | As in nature , so in architecture : Hindu palaces seem to grow organically of their own will : a hall here , a shrine there , a sudden inexplicable curve in the curtain wall somewhere else . |
| 4 | As it says in the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , " So our troubles , we think , are basically of our own making . |
| 5 | The boat rocked gently of its own accord . |
| 6 | In the 1990s there was only the hope that her fires , so vigorously stoked up by the dispossessed , would begin to burn down of their own accord . |
| 7 | The fire brigade declined to shed light on the matter , however , claiming that moggies always came down of their own accord . |
| 8 | The lift went down of its own accord . |
| 9 | He could feel his head moving up and down of its own accord . |
| 10 | But in fact readers can adapt to shortened spelling within minutes regardless of their own views or suspicions . |
| 11 | In conclusion , one of the English teachers contacted during research for this study spoke warmly of his own reasons for liking to work with a particular text . |
| 12 | They will do so of their own volition , which makes the analogy with the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia patently false . |
| 13 | If he delivered her , with her endowment secured , as she had been promised he should , he did so of his own will , because he was convinced of her need and the justice of her complaint . |
| 14 | The Kachins of North Burma , among whom I carried out much of my own fieldwork , were much inclined to rhetoric . |
| 15 | His works were regarded as a primary source of overriding significance for the study not merely of his own activity but of any and every aspect of the history of the revolution . |
| 16 | Now if the liberationist can persuade us that this passionate regard for normal young babies is based upon an unjustifiable prejudice in favour merely of our own species , and that apart from this , animals are no different , then consistency should require that both groups ought to be accorded the same treatment . |
| 17 | The rabbits mostly came in of their own accord . |
| 18 | ‘ Then nothing to suggest that — granted he walked in of his own will — he did n't walk out the same way ? ’ |
| 19 | British fiction since 1945 , whether novels or plays , abounds in heroes who are benignly self-contained , and ashamed ( if at all ) only of their own lack of any need for love . |
| 20 | For all sensible people it would clearly suggest that more thought should be given to the fibre content not only of their own diets , but of those of their children . |
| 21 | She peered down into the water but was aware only of her own reflection and that of the branches of the beech trees . |
| 22 | She could not have said that she found him dull , because she did not know it , and was conscious only of her own failure , and her misery at her own personal inadequacy quite drowned any sensation of boredom . |
| 23 | I had for too long been conscious only of my own concerns , but now I became aware that those around me were troubled and at odds . |
| 24 | ‘ I have talked only of my own concerns . |
| 25 | The specific nature of your training and development will vary according to the department you join , but wherever you go , you are guaranteed to meet the kind of intellectual and practical challenges that will make you a manager not only of your own destiny , but of the nation . |
| 26 | The final point to consider in this section is the ability of an employer to seek protection for the trade connections not only of his own company but also of other associated companies . |
| 27 | If that were so , one accused might be guilty on the basis of concert but the other could be guilty also on the basis only of his own actings . |
| 28 | After he became a Christian , Lewis did completely change his view not only of his own personality but of human personality in general . |
| 29 | We also accept responsibility for the negligent acts and/or omissions not only of our own employees or agents but also of our suppliers and sub-contractors and their servants or agents ( provided of course that any such negligent act or omission is within the scope of or in the course of their employment ) in respect of claims arising as a result of death , bodily injury or illness caused to the person who signed the booking form and/or any other person named on the booking form . |
| 30 | On the one hand , there were those who , once the prospect of redundancy had been raised , were reconciled to early retirement and to a greater or lesser extent relieved at leaving work , although they were attached to their employer and would not in all probability have left prematurely of their own volition . |