Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] their own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Press monopolies inhibit those with different views from launching out on their own . |
| 2 | I am often bemused by the men who criticize a woman 's shape when they are quite clearly looking down on their own unsightly ‘ pregnant'-looking stomachs . |
| 3 | As we take apart the fight story , more and more men seem to be pushing in with their own excited commentaries . |
| 4 | After lunch , pensioners had the choice of venturing off on their own or visiting the Tales of Robin Hood Centre . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | By now they were in among thickening crowds of people , nodding to acquaintances and looking out for their own key men from down the valley . |
| 8 | It had already been arranged that Eric and Daphne Lovell would drive Rose to her destination before going on to their own and would pick her up later for the return trip . |
| 9 | Ca n't they look at what 's going on in their own lives and find anything interesting ? ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They do not realise what is going on in their own backyard . |
| 12 | Once and if they learnt of what was going on in their own backgardens , they may change their views . |
| 13 | ‘ Few human geographers seem willing to come out of their national shells and take the wider view which would enable them to understand what is going on within their own countries ’ ( Thrift , 1986 , 62 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ They were not just going off on their own into the bush they were in tourist locations . |
| 15 | It had begun the day before , the suggestion of going off on their own , hiring a car . |
| 16 | Identical twins growing up with their own image constantly near them , sometimes very in tune with what the other is thinking and feeling , may have a problem in their search for a marriage partner on several counts . |
| 17 | That would only have been necessary had the troops been requisitioning other people 's equipment , rather than turning out with their own ambulances . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This is an alternative to war which states could in theory accept without giving up their own moral values , going back on their own factual claims , losing their dignity in the community of nations , or giving up their political endeavours to persuade others to their point of view . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | They were finally pouring out on their own . |
| 22 | Even though they were camping illegally the travellers were allowed to stay all weekend , before moving off on their own . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | a self-evaluation followed by visits by advisers to see if staff are performing up to their own perception and to look into the objectives of the school . |
| 27 | Very few of my contemporaries thought of starting up on their own . |
| 28 | Then , then of course there were n't no traffic signs in the middle of the road , it was a sort of er certain people from went and started that up and er they were all wor all worked in Caldmore it was almost as though the tailoring Caldmore was full of tailors in a way then there were people starting up on their own making clothes , but er there was quite a lot of tailors around er I know there was he 'd got a shop on Caldmore , he was a tailor and er shall we go through all the shops ? |
| 29 | Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three . |
| 30 | Rivals in Britain , Japan and Finland are now coming out with their own similar designs . |