Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | So And then of course we had our own thrashing mill and we did our own thrashing but it was great fun down the glen when they got the thrashing mill in . |
| 2 | So a lawyer came , and of course I had my own office , confidential stuff , so he wanted to give it to me . |
| 3 | Each of these in isolation produces a form of curriculum which embodies its own emphases ; but it is surely better to consider them as the three necessary dimensions of any truly general education ( Squires 1987a ) . |
| 4 | In 1977 Caputo published the superb Rumour of War which documented his own combat experiences in Vietnam ; subsequent novels by Caputo revealed as much about his own problems in leaving Vietnam behind as anything else . |
| 5 | The Australian Aborigines make a clear distinction between the works of art they consider their own and those they claim go back to the time of their creation , popularly referred to as the Dreamtime in all literature about Aborigines . |
| 6 | Each has , as its head , a Secretary of State who heads his own Office , but who is a member of the Cabinet and answerable to Parliament for the discharge of his duties and exercise of his powers . |
| 7 | On matters where there are social inhibitions about declaring one 's most personal views or experiences , such as in sexual matters , family relationships , social class , religion and perhaps politics , it is obvious that informal interviewing could result in very selective discussions taking place from which the researcher would simply produce the sort of information which suited his own bias . |
| 8 | Media is a complex , quite technical part of advertising which requires its own blend of skills . |
| 9 | By accepting the role of victim he glorified his own suffering and was brought close to Christ . |
| 10 | Described by one writer as a cross between ‘ a sultan and a bandolier , a caliph and an ascetic , and a rural schoolmaster and a guerrilla ’ , Mr Anguita , 48 , is the kind of politician who carries his own revolver . |