Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [pos pn] own [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they should , as well , be able to get everyone to attend their own dentist so that as you 're registered with the doctors then you should with the dentist . |
| 2 | At the East 15 Drama School I have taken audition technique sessions , which was all fine and large but I encouraged them to write their own material as well as having stock pieces to do . |
| 3 | When I have asked such questions , I have invariably discovered a signpost from the past , which has enabled me to find my own way forward . |
| 4 | I often set a problem and allow them to choose their own method of working . |
| 5 | As a businessman , it would be foolhardy of me to pour my own money nilly-willy into the club and so I am constantly on the look-out for companies willing to risk investing in a lowly but forward-looking team . |
| 6 | Those proponents of Producers ' Co-operation who ‘ wanted each factory to be established as a separate profit-sharing society ’ were right in principle : for only thus could it escape from the dominant consumer interest , only thus secure the ground from which to mount its own advance towards the more important objective of Co-operative aspiration . |
| 7 | Having criticized the limits of the antiracist account of racism , this is an appropriate point at which to explicate my own conception of racism and to indicate why I think it is more persuasive ( cf. |
| 8 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 9 | They allow you to assess the suitability of candidates and also to ensure that the latter have sufficient information on which to base their own decision . |
| 10 | God willing , I should like a few more years in which to settle my own account . |
| 11 | Pupils need standards against which to measure their own performance . |
| 12 | As other forms of control and influence , such as that of the lower clergy , diminished , the people were given a space in which to make their own culture . |
| 13 | What it aims to do is discipline students , systematically , in the areas mentioned above , training them to edit their own work , correcting errors in style , grammar , and punctuation . |
| 14 | On retirement their savings and pension enable them to buy their own flat or cottage ; but because they may never have cooked more than a snack for themselves or lived alone , the adjustment to this different way of life can be hard to make . |
| 15 | His purpose was not only to prevent his own partisans from uniting to oust him , but also to use the fact that there were differences between them to strengthen his own position . |
| 16 | But enough to allow you to go your own way . |
| 17 | This forces you to scrutinize your own behaviour rather than blame other people . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought , ’ I said , ‘ that it would be more fun for you to find your own way back . |
| 19 | ‘ So I 'll leave you to find your own way back to the villa . |
| 20 | I 'll teach you to write yer own name fer a beginnin' . ’ |
| 21 | We 're also going to ask you to create your own press release about something you 'd like to create , in a sense . |
| 22 | But this does n't happen too often , so it is usually up to you to create your own image . |
| 23 | How long does it take you to apply your own make-up ? |
| 24 | Alright fair enough they want you to buy your own property but now . |
| 25 | So it 's all down to individuals , and that 's why it 's important for you to do your own budgeting exercise . |
| 26 | Asking yourself the questions Alison suggests can help you to put your own situation into perspective . |
| 27 | We will also help you to understand your own body so that you begin to know what your actual dietary requirements are . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll thank you to mind your own business , Mrs S. ’ |
| 29 | Is it really so important to you to get your own way ? ’ |
| 30 | The further reading I recommend can help you to challenge some commonly held assumptions about where stress comes from , and should help you to structure your own plan for coping with it in a way which is appropriate to you personally . |