Example sentences of "for [pron] own [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's all right , honey , I do n't really talk like that , I do it to irritate Matt , though it usually does n't because he 's so thick-skinned and thinks everyone else talks like that anyway , so I guess I do it for my own private amusement . |
| 2 | I knew that I would probably lose the case if I did , and lose everything , but for my own personal esteem I needed to actually make that stand . ’ |
| 3 | As for my own personal future … well , I have my own Five Year plan to sort out the confusion in which I live . |
| 4 | speaking on my own for my own personal point of view erm if they if they insist they want this full amount |
| 5 | I had n't even looked at the floor in case I got nostalgic for my own personal locks now lost to me for ever . |
| 6 | She 's ancient , and sexless the way the very old and the very young are , but she 's still been a woman , and I resent that , for my own good reason . |
| 7 | You really do think I helped your mother for my own ulterior motives . ’ |
| 8 | I made two more visits to Knowlton , and it has now become a focus for my own particular pilgrimage . |
| 9 | When the property is transferred to the wife alone for her own absolute use , it is necessary , therefore , to appy to the registrar to remove this restriction ( see Precedent 29 ) . |
| 10 | And she is preparing for her own one-woman show next year . |
| 11 | A capacity crowd of nearly 6,500 — including King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia — went wild as their 28-year-old world champion went for her own golden bid . |
| 12 | The Madonna wore blood-red purple during her son 's Passion , but put on gold and silver for his Resurrection and Ascension and for her own glorious Assumption , when Tommaso would surely come back for the holiday . |
| 13 | She hesitated while searching for an answer that would not betray the fact that she longed to remain in Stella 's place but that she feared for her own emotional state . |
| 14 | Not trusting herself to speak , she right-wheeled and made for her own front door , which now looked hopelessly out of date and shabby . |
| 15 | it 's for her own good mind Betty . |
| 16 | But if only for her own personal satisfaction it had to be worth a try . |
| 17 | Her part in Share My Lettuce had done as much for her own theatrical career as the show had done for Ken , and she was embarking on a series of films that would make her an international reputation . |
| 18 | Our room , Herta 's room , seems to be analogously prepared for her own eventual childhood . |
| 19 | The woman 's task is to marry , not only for her own social advancement , but also for that of her family . |
| 20 | He was pleased about the trip and it was clear that Ana had planned it for him and for her own secret reasons . |
| 21 | How each House chooses to ‘ pass ’ a Bill is a matter for its own internal procedures . |
| 22 | India did not want the textbooks that it was exporting to Southeast Asia and Africa to be pirated , and it wanted to ensure a market for its own emerging computer and pharmaceutical industries . |
| 23 | It said that the formation of associations , movements or parties " depends on the will of citizens " , and that the LCY would " campaign for its own political legitimacy " and would seek to retain power at free elections which would be " guaranteed by the Constitution " . |
| 24 | The Everyman is making this exclusive offer to the Echo to promote the two for the price of one Bard Card ticket , which operates for its own Shakespearian production , Much Ado About Nothing , until Friday . |
| 25 | Thus the Labour Party became a battleground for its own warring factions . |
| 26 | The ultimate sanction of oppositional nationalism is to claim legitimation for its own armed force against the armed force of the allegedly containing state . |
| 27 | It is uncertain whether the coffee plant manufactures this chemical for its own mysterious purpose , or whether it is made as an accidental byproduct of the roasting process ( the smell of coffee originates from the latter source ) . |
| 28 | To the cynical and not so cynical , it seemed clear that Britain was seeking to secure the best of two worlds : to take advantage of the market opportunities for its own industrial goods that a free trade area would provide , while still retaining its special economic arrangements with the Commonwealth , especially its cheap food policy . |
| 29 | Israel , in order to guarantee the occupied territories as a captive market for its own agricultural production , had started in 1984 to apply strict limits to Palestinian produce . |
| 30 | The Natural Environment Research Council has already provided more funds for its own remote-sensing work . |