Example sentences of "own [noun sg] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , our own responsibility to be aware of our actions and how they affected the less developed countries should not be overlooked . |
| 2 | But the 29-year-old centre-half explained how he had been the victim of his own eagerness to be involved in the Kop cause , despite a virus problem . |
| 3 | At first I would go for short walks , lasting perhaps half an hour , and then return to bed sufficiently impressed with my own daring to be able to relax into sleep . |
| 4 | DEFENCES Clive Greenacre , in his distrust , used his wife 's agoraphobia as a defence against his own need to be sure of her being safely where he left her . |
| 5 | The archers loosed blind in the darkness , but could do so only once without imperilling their friends , for after the shock of meeting it was stark hand to hand work without any daylight art about it , first a hacking and swinging ahead at any flesh that moved , then body to body fumbling where everyone panted out words in his own tongue to be safe from his comrades , and even swords were of little use . |
| 6 | You 're too trapped in your own ego to be able to hear or to understand . ’ |
| 7 | Now if you take away er , another lump of money including carry forwards , you really do reduce your own ability to be able to pay to take advantage of the window of opportunity we now have to actually put European money into the county . |
| 8 | And naturally you expect a member of our own family to be trustworthy . |