Example sentences of "and [subord] [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er mainly because in the past they did n't have the proper equipment to do the work that they were engaged on anyway , and although their own minds would clearly tell them that they would identify the work with certain equipment you know , that was up to date and you know , would make life easier for them and be able to produce more , I think some of them er er their minds were overshadowed by the fact that er there was a degree of mistrust between them and the management , that they would ever get the proper equipment to do the job . |
| 2 | And if their own experiences are dealt with , ‘ they feel they can offer something to their children ’ . |
| 3 | If we are brought up to think of asking for help as childish , and if our own requests for help have not been swiftly and cheerfully met , we are less likely to respond in a simple and positive way to demands . |
| 4 | His idea is that you can vote if if the voter in your constit if a person you vote for in your own constituency loses , you can then switch your vote to anyone else in the country and erm you can have a list of maybe ten or twenty people and erm you will so you 'll hand in your ballot paper with all these names on , signed ballot paper because it has to be public you can hand in your signed ballot paper with all these names on and if your own candidate loses , then er your vote goes to your second person and if that person loses it goes to the third and so on . |
| 5 | The company warns that it can cost up to £75 a day to hire a replacement car and if your own vehicle has to be transported home the bill is likely to be about £400 . |
| 6 | And if his own son has to take to the hills — ‘ Yes , well — is Alex sound , then ? ’ |
| 7 | And because your own health is just as important , the Ultra Sound Scanner also diagnoses heart and other internal health problems . |
| 8 | Marcuson , thought Green , was obviously in his element , and while his own job might be more lowly , there were compensations , like Hanover Square parties , with stoned guests graffitiing the immaculate Jagger-financed walls . |
| 9 | Tolkien , when he read this suggestion after Lewis 's death — and after his own relationship with Lewis had become less than happy — rejected it as entirely unworthy . |
| 10 | Among the factors which they are required to take into account in reaching a decision are the seriousness of the offence , and whether their own powers of punishment would be adequate if the defendant were to be convicted ( section 19 , Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 ) . |
| 11 | When this country is already committed to the highly expensive Trident ( which , from changes in global politics , has become a complete white elephant ) ; when the need for the EFA is also , to say the least , questionable , as recognised by all the partners in it and particularly Germany ; and when our own government accepts that public spending cuts are essential ; then surely the EFA should be the prime target for those cuts . |
| 12 | Once , that was after Maman had gone , and when his own mother was distant , she had compelled him to eat a whole snail , slashing his legs with a nettle till he obeyed , and the stinging of the nettle really enlivened his dancing . |
| 13 | When … our Soviet rivals recognised they could not match us … and as their own system indisputably failed the Soviet people even as it abused them — then came the turning point . ’ |
| 14 | As we become open to the thought and influences of other societies , and as our own society develops unexpected and unpredictable sub-groups and alternative cultures , the question , " Whose consensus ? " may well be very pointed . |
| 15 | She was crushed so tight against him that she could barely breathe , and as his own mouth moved to her ear , his tongue flicking erotically to trace the whorls , she moved her hands to his belt . |