Example sentences of "own as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ltd. he and his brother were made directors , but there was apparently some friction between them and in 1882 he resigned and set up in practice on his own as a consultant . |
| 2 | The meaning of a ( simple ) sentence is qualitatively different from that of any of its constituents — it is capable of saying something that can stand on its own as a message . |
| 3 | He had also , ten years ago or more , worked for Grunt 's Garages before setting up on his own as a builder/developer . |
| 4 | On her own as a mother , she had relaxed all the rules and found all the unexpected joys of being a parent . |
| 5 | Henry Robb had arrived in Leith in 1913 as yard manager for Ramage & Ferguson but in 1918 decided to branch out on his own as a ship repairer . |
| 6 | Both the latter films were made by Walter Booth for Charles Urban , an American who had been sent to Britain in order to look after Edison 's interests , then set up on his own as a distributor and exporter of French and American films . |
| 7 | Everywhere we went , and we travelled — oh , hundreds of miles up north , er people were armed and er just guarding houses , bridges , schools , at night , on their own as a sort of people 's militia to keep the Khmer Rouge at bay . |
| 8 | In the mid-1760s Eleanor was in business in the City on her own as a linen-draper . |
| 9 | It would be best grown on its own as a specimen plant . |
| 10 | It would be best grown on its own as a specimen plant . |
| 11 | Ideally it should be grown on its own as a specimen plant . |