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

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1 He has to see with his own eyes that the object he takes to be a rough piece of hemp , destined to choke the life out of him , is in fact a string of priceless pearls .
2 You ca n't use extra national insurance contributions in one year to make up a shortfall in another ; each year has to stand on its own .
3 For example , written language typically has to express things more explicitly , because it has to stand on its own .
4 The result is that Dublin has to stand on its own constant , as well as temporary , merits .
5 He has to come of his own free will .
6 They buy from it and the design group has to look after its own destiny and its own profitability .
7 ‘ Fishermen from all over the Community have been arguing the same case — that the commission has to look after its own — and the council of ministers has singularly failed to do so . ’
8 ‘ Roxie , ’ she would say , ‘ every one of us has to look after their own .
9 Each science has to do with its own genus , or ‘ kind ’ , which is divided by ‘ differentia ’ into various species .
10 It has to do with his own mutilation .
11 A compositor is employed as a compositor ; a machine-minder ( printer ) likewise has to keep to his own job ; the print union is a strong one — and very jealously guard the many gains won by them for their members .
12 The hardest lesson for Gilly to learn is that she and nobody else is responsible for her own actions and that she has to live with her own mistakes .
13 This is one of the reasons she works well with tasks she has to achieve on her own .
14 Mr Gillman had had to attend to his own patients .
15 Your application will be even better supported if you can give examples of when you 've had to work on your own , as when decorating your new house or when preparing the accounts of a small business whilst at home with your children .
16 In Sweden , government prevention policy has been directed to heterosexuals , so that the gay movement has had to look for its own information .
17 Like Tuathal , Eochaid had been in the saddle all autumn , mostly at the King 's side , until he had had to return to his own Scone to prepare for this Christmas .
18 You will have to conduct on your own the party of French officials who want to shoot muntjac .
19 If local authority members are responsible for providing services but do not have to go to their own electorate to raise the money to pay for the services , they have less incentive to make effective use of these funds .
20 She was delighted to see me , as it meant she would not have to go on her own , and she stood over me while , complaining bitterly , I changed into my jacket and returned with her to the revels .
21 Looks like I 'm gon na have to go on my own .
22 This time you 'll have to go on your own . ’
23 Well you 'll have to go on your own John
24 You do n't have to go in your own transport .
25 ‘ Now listen here , you , I do n't know what you 're up to , but I do n't have to sit in my own house and … ’
26 And it was the thought of all the children who , like Danny might have experimented not knowing that they were dicing with death , that prompted David to try to stop any more parents having to go through his own agony .
27 On the part-time farm the woman often assumed a crucial role , having to cope on her own for most of the day .
28 I mean , this lot did come in , only six months ago , announcing that everyone would have to stand on their own feet and not be rescued , and face up to competition , and all that .
29 Tell him he 'll have to stand on his own two feet . ’
30 People 'll have to come to their own conclusions .
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