Example sentences of "you [verb] [pos pn] own [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You drafted your own advertisement — manifesto almost — for the set . |
| 2 | In effect they will be assessing you in much the same way that you make your own self-assessment and then trying to match you to jobs in the way that you should do when applying for jobs directly . |
| 3 | As Mr Howe said : ‘ People say you make your own luck but you can not legislate for something like that . ’ |
| 4 | She claims she has been ‘ very lucky ’ , though concedes that ‘ to a certain extent you make your own luck ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been lucky when it has come to the crunch but in life you make your own luck . |
| 6 | You make your own mind up pet nobody does it for you . |
| 7 | But enough to allow you to go your own way . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , there 's the lav and the 'andbasin that 's on the landin' , ’ said Mrs Beavis , ‘ but you got your own gas ring in the corner there . |
| 9 | Burton 's amours were widely touted ‘ with this guy you bring your own mattress ’ , a well-used crack but at Burton , well aimed . |
| 10 | This forces you to scrutinize your own behaviour rather than blame other people . |
| 11 | Well when I worked at , when I started off in the I quite liked my job in there , you made your own pay , and I liked , it was a starching job , I 'd quite a good job in there . |
| 12 | Cos you made your own fun that 's why ! |
| 13 | Can you make your own way to Heathrow ? |
| 14 | You know we were asked , Do you want your own bank account really and we decided er democratically that we 'd have the one bank account really for make sure the D H S S did n't start snooping really and you know er that 's worked very well I mean certainly the men very much tell us everything that 's going on and erm well you know I do n't think there 's any conflict of erm I do n't know you know it 's it 's difficult I suppose it 's amazing really the way it does work you know and that er you know but it 's quite loose really because it 's er that 's in a way the way one of it 's successes probably you know that 's it 's not a very structured I mean probably the lodge is more structured I mean men are used to their lodge meetings are n't they you know ? |
| 15 | ‘ I was about to tell you , ’ retorted Isabel , ‘ before you applied your own method of healing . |
| 16 | You admitted your own guilt , did n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | How should you respond when there are squabbles and arguments ; when you want your own way and no one wants to give it to you ? |
| 18 | So you want your own thing . |
| 19 | You have a view on a public loo then give us a ring , rather seedy unfriendly dirty smelling of urine places if you want my own public opinion . |
| 20 | Do n't you know your own number ? |
| 21 | ‘ I thought , ’ I said , ‘ that it would be more fun for you to find your own way back . |
| 22 | ‘ So I 'll leave you to find your own way back to the villa . |
| 23 | Settling down to approach the problem in an organized fashion , alone or with someone else , will help you reassess your own attitude and if you are more positive this will come over in your applications . |
| 24 | I 'll teach you to write yer own name fer a beginnin' . ’ |
| 25 | You found your own clarity . |
| 26 | What would you think if you found your own dustbin stuffed full of completely fresh flowers ? |
| 27 | ‘ Obviously you underestimated your own prowess . ’ |
| 28 | You can choose from shoals of them lazily circling in tanks near your table ; some restaurants even let you catch your own meal from a pond out the back of the premises ( ’ NO FISHING LICENSE REQUIRED ! ! ! ! ’ ) . |
| 29 | If you provide your own car , business mileage costs could be reimbursed using the Fixed Profit Car Scheme . |
| 30 | ‘ You forget your own history , Li Shai Tung . |