Example sentences of "in [pos pn] own [noun sg] i " in BNC.

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1 If those primitive attitudes had n't also been the determining factor in my own fate I would have found it as ludicrous and pitiful as I do now .
2 In my own defence I can say that everyone else got it wrong too .
3 In my own defence I can say only that I went along for the ride , as it were , if you 'll forgive the expression , Mr Milton . ’
4 I think in any marriage or in any family the father and the mother both play different parts , and in my own life I can remember things my mother did and things my father did and together it made for a happy home .
5 In my own case I had been taught by Okely to avoid the split between subjectivism and an objective reality , but I had no preparation to contend with the changes which the field experience created in me .
6 In my own case I was given a section — a small area in the central division — with just over 300 crimes per year .
7 In my own case I can experience psychological feelings very similar to physical pregnancy — a vague unease , heaviness , discomfort , and a kind of dark brooding .
8 In my own case I know that the first link produces the last through the intermediate link , and could not produce it without .
9 With the ploughmen and er in my own case I remember going to the house where I was er I was to be the ploughman for this so called horseman you see ?
10 Outgoings will vary but in my own case I already know that for gas , water and the poll tax I shall need an extra £132 .
11 In my own experience I have found this medium both economic and a very good way of learning the Technique , especially in the initial stages .
12 Certainly in my own experience I have never come across armed smugglers , although on at least one occasion I was threatened with a knife when attempting to stop a seaman leaving a ship , and once I was attached by a ship 's steward when attempting to relieve him of a briefcase full of uncustomed goods .
13 Generalizing from these reflections that began in my own subjectivity I may ask ‘ objective ’ questions about the origin of my self-awareness , of my structure , and that of others .
14 Sheringham , who hit 24 goals last season and scored Forest 's winner in their televised 1-0 clash against Liverpool at the City Ground on Sunday , says : ‘ I had virtually concluded negotiations over personal terms with Tottenham 's Terry Venables and in my own mind I had already joined Spurs . ’
15 Mat. 's door , in my own mind I had been slung out for encouraging unseemly behaviour from a male patient and was miserably working on the choice of my next career .
16 In my own mind I had valued the things at 4000 roubles each .
17 Once I 'm absolutely clear in my own mind I 'll put my plan to you — but here 's the encampment and unless I 'm mistaken that 's Boz coming out to meet us . ’
18 In my own mind I ca n't separate his death from his father 's . ’
19 Well er er erm the the whole point of about asking that sort of question is that er I in my own mind I know where I think
20 Yeah , that females are there to do their deed for the species or the race or whatever an and er and indeed I mean not so long ago you know in our own country I mean
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