Example sentences of "[pron] 're [prep] their own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy : ( At school ) there used to be a group of white girls and a group of black girls , right and y'know , they start … once they 're on their own they 're alright but once they 're with their people they get a bit lippy so they start callin' me black bastard — ‘ Look at you you mother fucker ’ — an' all that fing . |
| 2 | Erm which is n't any help at all , it shows the people they 're on their own anyway , cos you feel more lonely that way . |
| 3 | But then they lapse back into the local way of speaking when they 're on their own . |
| 4 | But the cost of housing in the city means that it is beyond them , particularly if they 're on their own , young , single people . |
| 5 | Th they 're on their own . |
| 6 | Oh they 're on their own . |
| 7 | oh course , aha , no , it 's , it 's not that bad going out with them they act a bit different , not much different , when they 're on their own yeah , cos Chris came to the cinema by himself with us , with me and Kate |
| 8 | I do n't think , no I do n't think they 're even con I do n't think they 're even concerned with what we 're doing , I do n't think they even notice , they 're in their own little worlds . |