Example sentences of "own [noun sg] [prep] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | /He hath honoured me of late ( 31f. ) — she is able to sweep his scruples aside by mocking his cowardice and by showing her own readiness to be the accomplice in this ‘ terrible feat ’ . |
| 2 | This can sometimes be done very successfully by helping her to channel her energy and abilities into some local club or voluntary service organisation where her talent for management can be put to good use , as well as meeting her own need to be a little bit of a ‘ bossy-boots ’ . |
| 3 | Though relieved at the arrangements she had made that day , Harriet could not help feeling chastened ; and when she entered the back gate of Four Winds and heard the inevitable wailing of her grandchild , her mood deepened to despair that she had not brought up her own daughter to be the kind of helpmeet which she was certain Edna Rafferty would be . |
| 4 | The defeat , as was natural , led to a good deal of rumbling , particularly against the Conservative Central Office , where Davidson , the Chairman since 1927 , was far too much Baldwin 's own man to be a satisfactory lightning conductor . |
| 5 | This is true especially of the story of his own call to be a disciple , which he has copied from Mark . |
| 6 | In his classic book The Prophets , Abraham Heschel has shown that Amos , Hosea , Jeremiah and Isaiah all considered their own input to be a crucial part of their message . |