Example sentences of "[verb] her own [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Realising her own love for the same man , there was a sadness in Tilly Mulliver 's voice . |
| 2 | At first the US was sympathetic with the Viet Minh , remembering her own struggle for independence from colonial rule . |
| 3 | She was seized with panic , remembering that she had not seen her own face for so long . |
| 4 | Unable to find a dress she liked , Sherine discovered her own talent for fashion |
| 5 | Now it did not even strike her as odd or ungracious that Jenny , after their long separation , should have no time for questions or interest about her sojourn in America or her journey home , and that she could not control her own unhappiness for the sake of welcoming back her sister . |
| 6 | Nor did she feel she could approach her own family for assistance . |
| 7 | She chartered her own jet for the trip , arriving at the prison gates by limousine . |
| 8 | The protest floated at the back of her numbed mind : how could she have the heart to deal such a blow only to satisfy her own thirst for scandal ? |
| 9 | Hers may be the problems of a lost or disgraced lover , of fears around childbirth or abortion , of whether or not her family will stand by her in the end , perhaps of a situation in which she has queered her own pitch for continuing fun , and above all , possibly , of the way she is seen by the others concerned . |
| 10 | A blunt statement of envy would certainly give offence : therefore , Leapor reassumes her humility , affirms the need for different stations in life , and denies her own claim for the importance of learning : |
| 11 | The surface of her skin felt acutely sensitised , as if someone had mysteriously switched her own body for another . |
| 12 | She had her own term for it , and as long as it was purely associated with that term , she never connected it . |