Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [pos pn] own [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this old chassis had been built up so that this bearing lay on that and it was turned by and electric motor and all that and the boring bar went tool went and bored this bearing out and travelled along on its own its own It was fed off course . |
| 2 | he set up on his own you see and my brothers went there . |
| 3 | When I told her I was longing to start up on my own she suggested I should take advantage of some of the outhouses — convert them into surgery , waiting-room , office et cetera — and have several rooms in the house for myself . |
| 4 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 5 | But he had worked with a big er in a great big firm and he then he branched out on his own you know . |