Example sentences of "my own [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My own ferrets are in fact retained for working purposes — but I would have to admit that , yes , they are probably pets too .
2 I knew I 'm a good chatterer ’ — he grinned — ‘ but I can keep my own counsel , and yours an' all , if you want to talk . ’
3 What bothers me is not so much the loss of either Peter Datchett or the yellow dress , but the awful glimpse of my own acquiescence . ’
4 Furthermore , I have also set in motion several of my own initiatives as well as sponsoring the suggestions of a couple of other departments .
5 ‘ Lady , my conduct is my own affair , ’ he said .
6 ‘ Surely my personal relationships are my own affair , ’ she countered lightly .
7 ‘ My actions and my choice of companions are entirely my own affair , and frankly I do n't see any reason to divulge any information about either . ’
8 ‘ And my reasons are my own affair . ’
9 ‘ My reason is — my own affair . ’
10 ‘ How I pay my mortgage is my own affair ! ’ retorted Leith , well and truly rattled .
11 I was told there was n't one but was invited onto the executive where I could form my own women 's group .
12 ‘ And to the end that you may deal for me without hindrance , to bring about this peace , I undertake that I will not henceforth , at least until I do withdraw this word , have any ado of my own willing with any English company in arms , but will forbear them as you counsel .
13 My own remit was to consider the management of operational safety covering normal and emergency operating procedures , the conduct of control room and plant operations , and radiation protection .
14 It contradicts all the assumptions of secular culture — that I can gain self-knowledge and pull myself up by my own shoestrings .
15 I had time only to think , he will find my own garb strange , before I walked dazedly up to him and sat by his side a yard away from him .
16 Oh he says I make my own prawn cocktail he says at home and lettuce and
17 However , work on the War Time Operational Expert System was continued until it was passed over to another Branch and , of course , I have continued to sponsor the work on the Circuit Board Fault Diagnostic Aid since this was my own MSc project .
18 Now I have my own friends and we never really talk about it .
19 ‘ I choose my own friends , ’ he said .
20 I make my own friends . ’
21 I have the occasional drink with my current boss , Jack Mason , but otherwise have my own friends . ’
22 I 'll make my own friends if I want to .
23 Apart from my own field already mentioned above , others may choose to research Victorian turnstiles , pre-war floodlighting , tea hut menus or programme design ; then again , there is still much work to be done on Second Division lavatories .
24 Apart from public education , my own field of interest and experience has been in the discourse analysis of language in the magistrates ' court , where I have played the roles of a bilingual interpreter and of a sociolinguist observing the language scene .
25 My own approach is not biographical , and assumes neither a clear-cut persona nor a narrative sequence .
26 My own approach was fortunately simplified by ignorance .
27 ‘ I 'd like to help the small beer producers of Britain more , I 've made a start with cider — I 'm stocking Dunkerton 's cider from Herefordshire ; Ivor really is a man after my own heart , full organic status from the Soil Association . ’
28 Oh , what pleasure would it be to me were there a good understanding between my mother and myself , when I am assured if I know my own heart , that I am so far from having any ill against her that I have almost undone myself to serve her …
29 Even at this moment , I see that in your gaze which finds an echo in my own heart ! ’
30 I could tear my own heart out . ’
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