Example sentences of "[prep] his own [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young corporal , it should perhaps be pointed out , was also a Grant , but indeed with the recommendation of his own officers he was to a great degree responsible for his own advancement to commissioned rank , and this kind of promotion for gallantry was by no means an isolated example , for a considerable number of non-commissioned officers of suitable education , many of them Scots , reached the junior commissioned ranks . |
| 2 | And er , concludes from the observation of his own children I suspect that the vague and very real fears of children , which are quite independent of experience , are inherited effects of real dangers , and abject superstitions during ancient times . |
| 3 | With one last cry she held him impossibly tight , her nails scoring his back , and knew even in her state of mindlessness that Leo had timed himself to her , that even in the grip of his own needs he had thought of her . |
| 4 | In terms of his own objectives it was a diplomatic coup — even if the " independent " element was qualified in practice by the British desire to minimize the costs . |
| 5 | With his own hands he cut off the beards of leading courtiers and ordered all noblemen to abandon this ancient symbol of Orthodox manhood . |
| 6 | Otherwise the trainer 's satisfied with his own men he do he gallops Wednesdays and Saturdays . |
| 7 | The international businessman is battered and buffeted by so many external forces that even if he is operating skilfully within his own limitations he may not always win . |
| 8 | In his own words he was seeking to get immigration control on a basis where it was firm but where it was administered with some degree of compassion for the individual case ’ . |
| 9 | In his own words he went ‘ walkabout ’ . |
| 10 | In his own words he returned with a ‘ rich harvest of knowledge ’ , ‘ the finest collection extant ’ ; in the words of prince , ‘ His collections of Birds , quadrupeds , nests and eggs are unquestionably the finest that have ever been brought home ’ . |
| 11 | And judging from his own reactions he knew that was impossible . |
| 12 | The egoist might concede that , since in choosing means to his own ends he has to try to predict others ' behaviour , he does find it a practical necessity at times to imagine from their viewpoints at the cost of transiently feeling himself moved in altruistic directions . |
| 13 | For his own pictures he preferred the early autumnal colours . |