Example sentences of "[pos pn] own [subord] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some ways I feel her peculiar dilemma parallels my own for she described her stance as one which distanced her from the classical anthropological mode , creating a ‘ memorable adventure ’ , which she claims , ‘ has marked me for life ’ ( ibid. 22 ) . |
| 2 | Could n't you — ’ ‘ I would n't live on my own if she was here , would I ? |
| 3 | He seemed to have meant it when he had told her he would leave her on her own until she was in a more reasonable frame of mind . |
| 4 | Guessing what might greet her in the canteen , she opted for sandwiches in the laboratory , but because today no one else on the team was prepared to forgo his lunch-hour proper she was on her own until she was interrupted . |
| 5 | He moved his pelvis strongly against her own until she squirmed in his arms , then somehow they were across the room and he was forcing her down among the silk cushions of the four-poster , fingers already lifting the thin wool sweater beneath her unbuttoned jacket , seeking the pulsing softness of her breasts with the mark of desire across his face . |
| 6 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she answered , hiding beneath a pleasant smile of her own as she went to the desk , that her heartbeats had suddenly picked up speed . |
| 7 | If , as is the case in most households , only one room can be spared for her , it will be greatly to everyone 's advantage if it is big enough to take her bed , wardrobe and dressing-table , and other necessary items of furniture plus two comfortable armchairs and a television set and radio , so that she can be on her own when she likes , with her favourite programmes ( which may not always be yours ) and able to entertain a friend in the privacy of her own small domain when she wants to , with familiar things around her which help her to preserve her identity and links with the past . |
| 8 | George , who was to be in charge of the wires , having earlier walked round her as if he were the hangman measuring her for the drop , said Mary Deare would come into her own when she flew . |
| 9 | So a language all of her own when she 's on the phone talking to us . |
| 10 | She made the decision to go out on her own because she wanted more freedom to pursue her many interests . |
| 11 | McAllister sat herself down opposite him and poured out two cups of coffee — he had refused to drink his own until she had joined him . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ she curled up on the deep sill and wrapped the duvet more tightly around herself , leaving him to find a seat of his own as she knew he was going to , ‘ that sounds like life — so what ? ’ |