Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [coord] [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This view could be called cynical , but my experience leads me to believe that in most situations we are preoccupied with ourselves and our own agendas . |
2 | It is as if the Poet were concentrating so strongly on giving an adequate image of the Friend that he ceases to think about himself and his own unworthiness by comparison . |
3 | In Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1978 ] 3 WLR 116 whilst managing director of the plaintiffs and without their knowledge or consent , the defendant placed orders for the benefit of himself and his own company with the plaintiffs ' suppliers . |
4 | Paul knows , not only from pre-conversion experience but , as a careful reading of Romans 7 will show , from painful experience of struggle and failure as a Christian , that when he relies on himself and his own resources ( such seems to be the nuance of ‘ I of myself ’ in Romans 7:25 ) , he remains subject to the law of sin . |
5 | When they 'd moved in he 'd made a point of telling just about everybody where it was and how much it was costing — wincing a little at the same time , as if he were telling the story against himself and his own folly — but it had become a sterile kind of heaven , and he sat around in it like some forgotten angel . |
6 | In celebrating the Friend the Poet is celebrating himself and his own power : Here again Shakespeare has personalized the Friend while depersonalizing the Poet . |
7 | ‘ A person involved in the occult is totally preoccupied with himself and his own desires . |
8 | Exactly like himself and his own father ! |
9 | Coleridge suggests that such mental creation can take place if the conscious and subconscious minds are combined , because only then can a mind truly understand itself and its own existence . |
10 | The poem , we might say , is in two minds about itself and its own meaning . |
11 | If , on the other hand , your elderly parent shows a quite uncharacteristic withdrawal from her normal concern for you and for others and is totally obsessed in an agitated fashion with herself and her own troubles , over a long period , you should begin to wonder if , in fact , she is suffering from a true depressive illness and may be in need of medical help . |
12 | Then she remembered that her therapist had said something about that , had said that it was not for Camille that Scarlet grieved in expectation but for herself and her own pain , implying by her tone that it was really most foolish . |
13 | You could never impress yourself or your own ideas and feelings on to her . |
14 | BELVILLE : I did intend what you call the worst , but if I am master of myself and my own resolution , I find I love you beyond all your sex , and on my honour I will not attempt to force you to anything again . |
15 | When our children grow up , we no longer make the decisions for them , but accept the decisions they make for themselves and their own families , and we must do it as constructively and cheerfully as we can . |
16 | This creativity is explored here in the sense of poetical creativity : the words of the poem describe themselves and their own genesis . |
17 | It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives . |
18 | Again , in erm , in animal populations what studies of sexual behaviour actually shows is that individuals are not reproducing the species for the benefit of the species , they 're reproducing themselves and their own genes as fast as they possibly can , given whatever other constraints may be operating . |
19 | Though the elite may have to use ‘ political formulae ’ ( Mosca 's term ) to preserve popular illusions about their rule , they must nevertheless be clear-sighted and purposeful about themselves and their own capacities and , of course , about their own membership of a group holding power and united in this way . |
20 | King of the Slums ' cast of losers , survivors and sharpers turn their disappointment against themselves and their own kind . |
21 | Until Palestinians learnt to rely upon themselves and their own productivity , implying a withdrawal of both custom and labour from the Israeli sector , there could be no hope of liberation . |
22 | The British are not in any sense unique , though they may be an extreme example , in their preoccupation with themselves and their own ways . |
23 | For a while they are ‘ egocentric ’ — so self-centred that they seem to be interested only in themselves and their own point of view . |
24 | While these changes do not alone amount to a decisive shift in the social and political culture , they none the less have a crucial role in shaping people 's feelings about themselves and their own worth . |
25 | If you think not of yourself and your own feelings but of the other person , your interest and concern is likely to evoke a response . |
26 | You never think of anyone but yourself and your own cleverness , Paul Arkwright , do you ? |
27 | Learn to be assertive , stand up for yourself and your own value . |