Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] at [pos pn] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | All Indian weavers , whether employed in large manufactories or working at their own family looms , are under contract to one of the major distributors , who tell them what sizes , colours and designs to weave . |
| 2 | She refused to put the lunch on any earlier in the day ; it would spoil the coffee mornings she liked to go to or have at her own home from eleven to one o'clock . |
| 3 | Barnett looked away quickly and gazed at his own pale face again . |
| 4 | According to his pupil , Norman Swindin [ q.v. ] , he was inclined to be irascible at times but had a dry sense of humour and the ability to recognize and laugh at his own mistakes . |
| 5 | In 1875 Mann Crossman and Paulin opened its own purpose-built pale ale brewery in Burton-on-Trent , costing £77,000 , to beat brewers such as Bass and Allsopp at their own brew . |
| 6 | But , once again , Scotland had done their homework , though it has to be said that Monsieur Dume was a little different from the referee of Cardiff , presumably because referees also watch videos and wince at their own sins , not least of omission . |
| 7 | She was shouting at me and shouting at her own helplessness . |
| 8 | There are a couple of changes made necessary because our fauna have to be tagged to a carrier and use a static line for opening the pack , unlike ‘ hume ’ paras who can cast themselves off and tug at their own ripcords . |
| 9 | She was gone before they could utter a sound and arrived at her own room grinning widely , pleased with herself and only a little upset that Felipe was with that woman . |
| 10 | If she did not tread on any of the black , perhaps when she got to the end of the floor she would shiver and rouse in her own long-lost bed , in her striped sheets , and say good morning to the apple tree and look at her own face in the mirror she had not broken . |
| 11 | tried to do joined writing , apparently we are supposed to do that as teachers , actually said got ta put their primary on primary education , it says sit down and write a poem in joined up writing and look at your own writing and before you try to teach it to children make sure that you know |
| 12 | 7.7.9.1 to rebuild and reinstate at its own expense the Premises or the part destroyed or damaged to the reasonable satisfaction and under the supervision of the Surveyor the Tenant being allowed towards the expenses of so doing upon such rebuilding and reinstatement being completed the amount ( if any ) actually received in respect of such destruction or damage under any such insurance policy or |
| 13 | This is what I call the strategy of non-decision , the decision that we will do nothing , that we wo n't harass the child , that we will give the child time to relax and move at his own pace , rather than determining the pace that we feel the child ought to be following . |
| 14 | But fusion was at the time buried beneath a blanket of secrecy : not open to the usual processes of review that attend research available for the scientific community to read the scientific papers and arrive at their own interpretation of the results . |
| 15 | He picked up a mirror and looked at his own face , and then looked again at the face in the portrait . |
| 16 | She stopped and stared at her own face in the mirror . |
| 17 | All the meat , which is EC produced , is prepared and packaged at our own meat plants . |
| 18 | She was looking at herself in the full-length mirror by the side of the bed , pulling great lumps out of her stomach and grimacing at her own image . |
| 19 | Baldness , he told himself — and smiled at his own joke — was a receding problem . |
| 20 | And he knew that he could n't continue avoiding her — or not without catching pneumonia , he thought , and smiled at his own joke . |
| 21 | Every province and each city state in the Empire has its own army which is equipped and maintained at its own expense . |
| 22 | The reason why we consider it important to have a specialist day care centre for sufferers of dementia is because of the following areas which can cause tremendous problems in a " NORMAL " situation but the specialist unit will be trained to respond in a very positive way : a Mood changes b Individual capabilities c Higher level of care required for the moderate to severely demented clients d Creates a greater depth of security through familiarity and able to get to know the client e Positive attitudes towards dementia f Clients with a severe dementia may require 2 carers g Greater stimulation in the appropriate surroundings creates greater awareness in the home environment h A place where the clients can be " NORMAL " i Helps reduce the possibility of the clients becoming apathetic Time to spend with a group and work at their own pace k Not creating a ghetto but creating a positive environment where they can get the most out of their lives — improve their quality of life I Gives them confidence m On-going deterioration can be catered for , eg feeding , toileting and many other problems The specialist day care centre is only a part of a flexible range of services available to dementia sufferers in the community . |