Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [pos pn] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katherine found herself smiling happily as if the compliment were directed at her own home . |
| 2 | The observations made there by Lee , his friends and assistants were published at his own expense in several volumes . |
| 3 | In 1953 he was placed at his own request on the Academy 's retired list . |
| 4 | As the two British scientists wrote their reports through the night , Sam Somerville was received at her own request by the committee in the Situation Room beneath the West Wing . |
| 5 | He was discovered by his father , who at first did n't realise he was looking at his own son . |
| 6 | And he was looking at his own face . |
| 7 | He was buried at his own request , in Glasgow . |
| 8 | The Ipswich equaliser came following a disputed corner , but Dalglish 's fury was directed at his own defence rather than the match official . |
| 9 | Like all his books until Prancing Nigger ( 1924 ) , it was published at his own expense and to negligible acclaim . |