Example sentences of "for [pron] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to hear you tell me things for me own good , anyway . ’ |
| 2 | I claimed it for my own . ’ |
| 3 | Never did I speak for the truth 's sake but for my own … ‘ |
| 4 | I ease him into it and then make for my own . |
| 5 | I wear them for my own enjoyment but equally for theirs . |
| 6 | ‘ I know , I was making plans for my own wedding , but then you wo n't want to know about that . |
| 7 | They made me wonder if I could use pure woven wool as a base for my own technique with the machine . |
| 8 | Wonder if this might be right moment to make arrangements for my own . |
| 9 | I 'm thinking of setting up a kiln here , just for my own amusement . ’ |
| 10 | Then it was the turn for my own hand to explore the anonymous member beyond the missing brick . |
| 11 | ( Secretly , however , I longed for my own perch back ; I could not seem to settle anywhere . |
| 12 | I must learn to sublimate my desire for my own perch by feeling happy for Aunt Louise sitting there . |
| 13 | For my own part , having a little woodland garden , this is one of the two plants which I am forever poking in where I can find a place for another . |
| 14 | For my own standpoint : I am not a historian . |
| 15 | I have twisted them round for my own purposes , changing the emphasis , blending them with ideas of my own and of other people . |
| 16 | ‘ Bad luck , ’ I said although for my own sake I was glad that he had failed . |
| 17 | I made two more visits to Knowlton , and it has now become a focus for my own particular pilgrimage . |
| 18 | The heading for my own contribution , ‘ Can we complain ? ’ , seemed to strike a note of resignation , not inappropriately I suppose : after all we in schools are paid to get on with it regardless . |
| 19 | Michael Aldrich does not make this mistake in Videotex , Key to the Wired City This is a glossy paperback , with popular appeal , which could well form the basis of a case study for my own man/computer systems class next year . |
| 20 | Incidentally , I listen for my own information and education to the early recordings of the Busch quartet to get the measure of what can be achieved , and what pianissimo and dolce really mean . |
| 21 | For my own part , I am eternally paying him compliments of this kind , and do all that lies in my power to keep his imagination as busy as my own . |
| 22 | For my own purposes , I propose to treat as a way of life argument any claim that a particular policy decision would have significant consequences for the demographic , economic or social life of a community , or that it would significantly affect the atmosphere or symbolic existence of that community . |
| 23 | I had n't even looked at the floor in case I got nostalgic for my own personal locks now lost to me for ever . |
| 24 | For my own part , I enjoyed reading the old Punch and writing for the new one . |
| 25 | For my own part , I did not feel prepared to jeopardise my children 's education while in pursuit of that cause . |
| 26 | Up until then I had found that when difficulties came or doubts arose in my Christian life , I could always escape their force by not holding myself answerable for my own faith . |
| 27 | If I do n't like the neck profile , for instance , then fine : if Moon were building one specifically for my own use , I could have whatever profile I wanted . |
| 28 | ( know thine enemy ) I wanted to know everything there was to know about lymphoma , but I decided to save the questions — and the wit — for my own doctor who has an excellent sense of humour . |
| 29 | But I 'm probably using the whole Paisley experience for my own ends . |
| 30 | For my own part , I should not , judging by his face , have guessed him to be a poet . |