Example sentences of "and [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Conservative Party Conference two weeks later I set out both the Government 's position and my own feelings . |
| 2 | This is why in the name of those whose interests I defend , and my own name , I thank you , from the bottom of my heart . |
| 3 | As long as I stay confined to this moral nihilism , the single unquestioned imperative will be to act intelligently , and in particular to be aware of objective conditions , of those obstinate facts about external difficulties and my own limitations which thwart my efforts unless I recognize and adapt myself to them . |
| 4 | I virtually neglected in my writing the feelings that belonged to my own nature and my own times of life — an irreparable loss , whether great or not . |
| 5 | Hamiltons built these boats here last century and my own Crawford forebears from Corrie worked one of them , the Betsy Crawford , back and forth to Ardrossan . |
| 6 | Many of the latest appointees to influential positions are products of Dorothy Heathcote 's and my own teaching . |
| 7 | I 'm not a jealous kind of person , and my own parents were divorced five into my marriage with Bailey . |
| 8 | I do think that the struggle for national liberation , certainly in my country at the times when we were most successful in that struggle , were the times when more opportunities were opened up for my own liberation and my own freedom of choice as a woman . |
| 9 | There is quite a lot of evidence in industry , and my own experience , that sheer determination can very often overcome structural weaknesses or difficulties which theoretically should scupper the entire effort . |
| 10 | Working with him — and my own experience with him was brief — was a joy . |
| 11 | Plenty of studies , and my own experience of talking to people in the construction industry and especially small businesses , have shown that the fear of poaching is constant . |
| 12 | But I 'm sticking my neck out : one squeak from the FBI that I 'm breaching the UKUSA agreement and my own Service will swing the big axe … |
| 13 | Everyone put on the whole uniform including the grey raincoat on top , and I put on my raincoat also , I packed Tommy 's spare garments and my own clothes into the holdall , and was ready . |
| 14 | On the basis of the work done by other researchers on the structure of DNA strands , and my own identification of Briant Bodies Alpha and Beta , I was able to choose a conception that would produce certain clearly defined physical characteristics . |
| 15 | When I awoke and started getting ready for my classes , which now passed mechanically , as if in a vacuum , the students suspended in time and space , and my own voice seeming to come from somewhere a long , long way away , I would write a poem for you as a kind of incantation to bring you back that day : |
| 16 | There was a fluid pain at the back of my neck and my own voice was strange to me . |
| 17 | I do a lot of talks for groups and clubs and organizations on the history of town crying and my own experiences , all for charity . |
| 18 | I have just received from Anne Jessel the 25 splendid custom picks , printed with my name and my own slogan . |
| 19 | I never did discover who he was , the son of the house or just another guest , and my own obtuseness and incuriosity now appear to me more revealing than anything else of my state at the time . |
| 20 | Will he turn his eyes to the country as a whole and to the north — to the West Riding and my own constituency , where the health service is thought to be one of the best in Europe ? |
| 21 | Both through my background reading and my own observations it appeared that day care is perceived differently by different providers of services . |
| 22 | I therefore form a hypothesis about an appropriate contribution based on the proposition being considered , the associated facts and logic , the personalities of my fellow committee members and my own standing within the committee . |
| 23 | You 'd think they would n't want to be seen in public ; but no , there they are , living it up , and my own daughter aiding and abetting them as if she were doing some thing clever . |
| 24 | From my smitten heart with tears Two wonders I confess The wonder of His glorious love And my own sinfulness . |
| 25 | " From what he tells me there is abundant reason for a special audit , and my own work will be perfectly genuine . |
| 26 | The serwal were admired and my own efforts at button-making were applauded . |
| 27 | I stand upon the privileges of the House and my own integrity . ’ |
| 28 | This has been documented in various Third World countries , notably Nigeria ( see Ihonvbere and Shaw , 1988 ) , Brazil ( Evans , 1979 ) and Egypt ( Gillespie , 1984 ) , and my own research on class forces along the US-Mexican border ( Sklair , 1989 ) and the Hong Kong-China border ( Sklair , forthcoming ) is cast in the same mould . |
| 29 | ‘ And my own instincts tell me that they escaped ! ’ fumed Fakrid . |
| 30 | I push , prod , drop keys and re-attempt entry in vain until I realize that the only resemblance between the car into which I was breaking and entering and my own car is that they were both white . |