Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] [prep] [pron] own " in BNC.

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1 a strangely good baby , always laughing and talking to himself in his own fashion , kicking in his pram , talking to the trees .
2 He encouraged Scots to appeal direct to himself against their own king 's judgements .
3 It is difficult to persuade teachers that the denial of valid arts experiences to themselves during their own school days has denied them an enriching experience and offered them instead an impoverished education .
4 The interdisciplinary team is using approaches from anthropology , sociology , social psychology and cognitive science to understand the processes by which members of the lay public and others directly involved with some issue , such as the Chernobyl fallout , combine scientific information from ‘ official ’ sources with interpretations of their own experience into forms meaningful and useful to themselves in their own practical situations .
5 The Romanies stick to themselves in their own little groups .
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