Example sentences of "[adj] in [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the final straw , being trapped like this in her own flat . |
| 2 | I can see this in my own case , where losing a job or a home has in certain instances reopened old wounds . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've got things like this in my own garage at home . |
| 4 | But , but , but from the em from the employers point of view , what he stands to lose if that person 's away from work , I mean , all all all the er , chap 's gon na lose is his , his income so , if he was doing it this in his own case , he would be looking to replace . |
| 5 | You have about twenty minutes , listen , to do this in your own way . |
| 6 | It is easy to do this in your own country . |
| 7 | And even supposing — just supposing — that any of it was true ; well , it would be quite different in her own case . |
| 8 | I 've been lucky enough to play with several international captains — Colin Deans , Gary Callander , Finlay Calder and David Sole — and they have all been splendid leaders , different in their own ways but earning the respect of their colleagues . |
| 9 | Mrs Milnes was clear in her own mind that parental authority was being usurped : |
| 10 | One suspects that the writers were not altogether clear in their own minds ; the monk of Croyland , for all his extravagant remarks about the northerners , also spoke in terms of the ‘ sovereignty of England ’ , when describing a prophecy among the Welsh , whom he certainly regarded as different , that they would recover it from the English , although they failed to do so in 1469 ( 14 , p.543 ) . |
| 11 | First , we must take care to be clear in our own minds as to the accuracy we require for our research . |
| 12 | A thorough self-assessment will help you get totally clear in your own mind what you are most suited for and what you actually want . |
| 13 | This will not only reassure the candidate you know what you are doing , which will encourage his/her cooperation , it will also keep it clear in your own mind . |
| 14 | Be clear in your own mind what is involved in the course which you are studying . |
| 15 | It is worth being clear in your own mind about the possible usefulness of Blake 's grid . |
| 16 | Now really it 's the same thing , do n't be afraid you ca n't be afraid to ask because if you 're not clear in your own mind how the hell is the person who 's trying to communicate with you going to be clear . |
| 17 | You have to be quite clear in your own mind who you are aiming this at and how you are actually going to formulate it . |
| 18 | I am quite clear in my own mind on this . |
| 19 | Once I 'm absolutely clear in my own mind I 'll put my plan to you — but here 's the encampment and unless I 'm mistaken that 's Boz coming out to meet us . ’ |
| 20 | I am not entirely clear in my own mind what that last sentence really means , but from what I have written so far you can readily see that the movement towards Euthanasia is to the fore . |
| 21 | Although I am not clear in my own mind what " literary " means in the title The Literary Language of Shakespeare ( for it seems to suggest that non-literary language is not included ) it is apparent that Hussey aims to stress the literary rather than the language in his account of Shakespeare . |
| 22 | I now became quite clear in my own mind as to the agreement between him and General von Knobelsdorf . |
| 23 | The nature of his art hardly allows the sculptor to reject the baser elements so explicitly , but I think we shall see that he makes it clear in his own way that he does so . |
| 24 | The forced march through Siberia becomes increasingly desperate and hallucinatory ( in fact Ypsilanti is , from the outset , clear in his own mind that they will never find the emperor ) : when the regiment comes to cross the tajga in July 1918 , the forest takes on the appearance both of a paradise regained and of a place of horror , endless in extent , haunted by marauding tigers and ghostly tribes . |
| 25 | He is clear in his own mind about the reason why that is so necessary . |
| 26 | I will feel easier in my own mind from now on . ’ |
| 27 | Most important of all , she thought , as she picked over the problems of his character , as the days went on he seemed to be so much steadier , so much easier in his own skin . |
| 28 | But seen from within , they appear to be like nothing so much as a mirror-image of the Elizabethan world picture : a little world , tightly organised into its own ranks and with its own rules , as rigid in its own way as the most elaborate protocol at court or ritual in church . |
| 29 | I 'd seen him in the Feathers , surly in his own corner of the Snug , not liked by , not liking , the other villagers . |
| 30 | It is n't playing by the rules , it 's sometimes beautiful , sometimes energising , sometimes soothing and often funny in its own way . |