Example sentences of "[indef pn] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] own " in BNC.

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1 If they want someone to work on their own initiative , don ‘ t be afraid to tell them in your application that you can do that .
2 They had no land of their own , they had nothing to harvest of their own , they could only go and harvest , and glean what the harvesters left behind .
3 There was plenty to do on your own doorstep — to look further was a cop-out .
4 Paprika 's is a tiny restaurant whose walls are covered in extinct record covers ( Julie London , Vicky Carr ) , menus which have nothing to do with its own , candid photographs of mouths and patrons eating .
5 It 's true decommissioning will cost Scottish Nuclear £1.6 billion , but much of this has got nothing to do with our own power stations .
6 Even officers in cars with mainsets can spend several hours without responding to a call and without finding something to do on their own account .
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