Example sentences of "on [pron] [adj] and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I waited there for what seemed ages , and then they put me in a room on my own and told me to put on a paper gown .
2 She wanted to find the solution to the mystery on her own and to flourish it beneath the noses of those who had doubted her ability — or her right — to do so .
3 She concentrated on her driving and wished she could stop thinking of William .
4 Wait near the toilet for any resident who is unsafe to leave on their own and help them back to their room .
5 Dave Rogers went for broke … went for the line on his own and made it … a great effort but Coventry held on to win by thirty four points to fifteen …
6 ‘ All right , I 'll take you to Winchester , but you 'll have to get out of the castle on your own and meet me on the road tomorrow . ’
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