Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] in their own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the widowed and single , by contrast , only two-thirds now lived on in their own homes , usually with their children or lodgers , or very rarely grandchildren , but 12 per cent on their own . |
| 2 | This book shows teachers how they can gain a better understanding of what goes on in their own classrooms , and how to use this understanding to guide their learners effectively . |
| 3 | Actors are very emotional people who get caught up in their own make-believe — I would n't trust an actor at all ! ’ |
| 4 | They came down in their own time , after they 'd left off work , and they 'd have a small job done ; and then they 'd take it back ready for work the next morning . |
| 5 | the female provarian no the female preference to male clothes , B , children , children 's habit of dressing up in their own parents ' clothes , C , a morbid fear of eggs ? |
| 6 | These snazzy rollers heat up in their own box which holds three different sized , colour-coded rollers . |
| 7 | Looking again at those dim shapes around the flame , they did appear to be rigs , vaguely made out in their own gassy glare . |
| 8 | The fledgling Twist were a lot more lightweight and bubblegum in style , recruiting Martin Fry 's brother , Jamie , on vocals but they eventually returned to Manchester where they dawdled around in their own faffing style and managed to emerge after all the Mancs fuss was over . |
| 9 | The fledgling Twist were a lot more lightweight and bubblegum in style , recruiting Martin Fry 's brother , Jamie , on vocals but they eventually returned to Manchester where they dawdled around in their own faffing style and managed to emerge after all the Mancs fuss was over . |
| 10 | His absorption with Mao and Castro was so open that the neighbors took it for a double bluff , and each new discovery of an agent transmitting messages from some ordinary-looking English suburb increased the tension of their interest in the land mine who was surely bound one day to go off in their own street . |
| 11 | Ca n't they look at what 's going on in their own lives and find anything interesting ? ’ |
| 12 | We can , we can badger our MPs and erm until they do and , and because they are oblivious to a lot of things that are going on in their own , you know till we put it in front of them . |
| 13 | They do not realise what is going on in their own backyard . |
| 14 | Once and if they learnt of what was going on in their own backgardens , they may change their views . |
| 15 | Many counties had drawn on their reserves to keep rate increases down in their own election year of 1989 . |
| 16 | But Mr and Mrs Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter . |
| 17 | They are far too wrapped up in their own small struggles to worry overmuch about what others are doing and why . |
| 18 | Most people are too wrapped up in their own lives to be bothered that other people 's freedoms and rights are being infringed , until it happens to them , and then it 's too late . ’ |
| 19 | It may prove difficult because individuals may not be able to see the whole of the organisation since they are so wrapped up in their own specialised part of it . |
| 20 | And as they were fretting about it being nicked , it turned up in their own backyard . |
| 21 | Although these are intended to complement written work , they almost always stand up in their own right . |
| 22 | For the first time for a long while , Corbett felt wanted and warmed to these simple yet sophisticated men so bound up in their own routine of prayer , work and study that they regarded any visitor as a visible sign of God 's grace . |
| 23 | Some drive back in their own cars . |
| 24 | For Bob and Tessa 's house Jannie projected all the reconstruction and improvement which she and John had never found either money or energy enough to carry out in their own . |
| 25 | Then gradually slip the open bag into the tank , and allow the fish to swim out in their own time . |
| 26 | It was with a certain amount of satisfaction that they settled down in their own kitchen and discussed their financial situation . |
| 27 | ‘ They should make it clear that corporal punishment is outmoded and that children have a right to be brought up in their own religion . |
| 28 | Crusaders were pinned back in their own half for the first 20 minutes as the visiting pack was dominant . |
| 29 | Then a snowballing effect takes over , with the larger lumps able to grow larger still because their own gravity would attract other particles as they sweep along in their own orbit . |
| 30 | You 'll be very good , if left carrying on in their own world , for the rest of their time . |