Example sentences of "his own [noun sg] [conj] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who would be Chancellor , and polished performer of the small screen , was on the stump in his own constituency and having fun . |
| 2 | In all , between 1773 and 1790 , he is reckoned to have spent £30,000 of his own money and to have devoted a third of his time to his crusade to record and improve prison conditions . |
| 3 | He was simply his own man and had no intention of playing Ferrari or any other games . |
| 4 | The bordari , or labourer , rented his own cottage but had to supply the lord with poultry and eggs from his own small holding in lieu of rent . |
| 5 | He zipped it up again , and I imagined him going to sit on a black plastic jerry-can to drink his own tea and have a smoke . |
| 6 | ’ The unassuming garb , the inexpensive little ships … all signs of a man who knows his own worth and has no need for display . ’ |
| 7 | Anthony Kerr ( vibraphone ) has worked in Europe with Louis Stewart , Georgie Fame and Kenny Wheeler ; Stan Sulzmann ( tenor sax ) is a featured soloist in Kenny Wheeler 's latest big band and known for his work with Clark Terry , John Taylor , Phil Woods and Gil Evans ; Wayne Bachelor ( bass ) leads his own quartet and has worked abroad with Courtney Pine , Steve Williamson and Jean Toussaint ; Stephen Keogh ( drums ) , now resident in Barcelona , is best known for his work with Louis Stewart , Hal Galper , Charles McPherson and Peter King . |
| 8 | The pressure told after 12 minutes when Eastern Province fly-half Greg Miller was slow to clear from his own line and had his kick charged down by opposite number Penaud . |
| 9 | He had a pious sense of his own importance and had always thought all these acts were directed at him , from which he had only escaped by good luck . |