Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] of their own " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fire brigade declined to shed light on the matter , however , claiming that moggies always came down of their own accord . |
| 2 | The rabbits mostly came in of their own accord . |
| 3 | They enclose all pastures ; they throw down houses ; they pluck down towns , and leaving nothing standing but only the church to be made into a sheep-house … the husbandmen be thrust out of their own , or else by covin and fraud or by violent oppression they be put besides it , or by wrongs and injuries they be so wearied , that they be compelled to sell all . |
| 4 | Hence , it is argued , the technology was developed to meet the requirements of large-scale factory production rather than of small-scale craft producers operating out of their own cottages . |
| 5 | The move was designed to protect home riders who , it was claimed , were being balloted out of their own events by foreigners . |
| 6 | Avatars , made out of their own perverse essence , would hook into the spirits of vulnerable psykers , into greedy , heedlessly ambitious mortals , and would offer those dupes a little power — playing them like living puppets on intangible strings — before twisting them into tools of evil and eventually consuming them . |
| 7 | Now that the ex-cadets were initiated Scouts , they could speak out of their own accord . |
| 8 | These last two must have felt the stirring of the soul at the sublime beauty which causes the peak experience , and because this sweetness came out of their own minds , theirs was the most intense emotion . |
| 9 | And the birds turned up of their own volition ? |
| 10 | People could then ‘ cash ’ their vouchers at any school of their choice , and they could top them up by paying out of their own pockets for a more expensive school . |
| 11 | ‘ To provide a model for citizens doing their own research , growing out of their own local people needs and concerns , rather than for professional consulting firms doing research based on the needs and interests of government agencies . ’ |
| 12 | A notorious critic of Hollywood , he justified taking the job by declaring he would break the stranglehold of the agents , who tied the studios up with pre-wrapped packages made up of their own clients : stars , writers and directors . |
| 13 | Some older people dread the idea of moving out of their own homes , while others would enjoy being near or actually living with their relatives . |
| 14 | Now those same partners gave their blessing to the idea of the two solicitors moving out of their own offices , and setting up a temporary Law Centre where everyone involved could get together and fight for the return of the children ; they would fight for justice , and ultimately a judicial inquiry . |
| 15 | The shoot was supposed to be a secret , but word got out and Hitman regulars travelled down to Manchester Two thousand could n't get into the club , and tension mounted between trendy regulars ( locked out of their own club ) and the Hitman 's handbag brigade ( shut out of their programme ) . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ As usual , the Government and their fellow-travellers are trying hard to slither out of their own responsibility for it . |
| 17 | From now on the locals would do what they were told to do by Detroit , and if they did n't like it they could take the option of either getting out of their own free will , or being booted out . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , they were blindfolded before they got out of their own car that morning , as you know . |
| 19 | The ‘ charming and delightful ’ London lawyer grandfather who told stories , or the once stern parent who could find ‘ no limit to his indulgence for his grandchildren ; ’ the weekly visit to a landowning grandfather ‘ to whom we were deeply attached ; ’ the ‘ lengthened visits ’ from ‘ very kind ’ grandparents , or a grandson 's ‘ happiest days ’ , being ‘ thoroughly spoiled ’ in the countryside , are all typical Especially with upper-class families these visits were often directly linked with the handing down of their own distinctive family traditions . |
| 20 | Villa were quite unable to get out of their own half after the interval , with Whelan 's precise , perceptive passing aways likely to unhinge them . |
| 21 | Those who are newly bereaved and naturally dread the loneliness of returning to an empty house should be visited frequently in their own homes ; and when you are able to persuade them to get out of their own four walls as much as possible for fresh air and exercise and to meet others and visit relatives , it can be a considerable help if you can bring them home and go in with them for a cup of tea or a chat , even if it is only just for a quarter of an hour . |
| 22 | In case anyone thinks this was unnecessarily drastic , I did in fact leave them for a couple of hours to see if they would come out of their own accord — but they did n't , and I was concerned that they might starve if left to their own devices . |
| 23 | AS THE slump bites harder more and more families , who can not afford huge mortgage repayments , are being forced out of their own homes into the arms of landlords . |
| 24 | ‘ If they close , 60 vulnerable people will be forced out of their own homes and away from their friends ’ , Bayley says . |
| 25 | If the family can be said to perform functions for the society of which it is a part , it performs these functions indirectly ( that is , through the individuals who , as adults , move out of their own families of origin and form families of procreation ) , and possesses a certain degree of latitude as to the performance of these functions . |
| 26 | ‘ The essence of Eldorado as a series about people who live out of their own countries is very much its strength . |
| 27 | Elderly people should never be persuaded against their will to move out of their own home , unless their mental or physical health or living conditions are so deplorable that they are a danger to their own or other people 's safety . |
| 28 | Such contact can often help individuals to move out of their own , often closed world of despair . |
| 29 | Many women , confronted by Kohlbergian questionnaires , ask for , or contribute out of their own imagination , concrete detail which might help them resolve the moral dilemma with which they are presented . |
| 30 | 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 . |