English example sentences with "own"

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Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.
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Nowadays we want our children to make their own decisions, but we expect those decisions to please us.
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Most people only want to hear their own truth.
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Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.
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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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Do you have a room of your own?
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You should attend to your own business.
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You are the master of your own destiny.
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You will have your own way.
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You are old enough to stand on your own feet.
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Now that you have passed your test, you can drive on your own.
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Did you do this on your own?
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Some day you will have to reap the harvest of your own sowing.
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Mind your own business!
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Say frankly what, in your own eyes, is right.
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Do your work in your own way.
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Say what you will, I will act on my own judgement.
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Few rich men own their own property.
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Few rich men own their own property.
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Boys have their own bikes these days.
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An accomplishment cannot be looked upon as yours unless you have paddled your own canoe.
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Teaching is a profession of my own choosing.
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Your mind is not occupied with your own affairs.
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The head of the college, whose name was Miss Baker, therefore had a special place in the car park for her own small car.
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A student should not lose sight of his own identity.
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Students came of their own accord to help the villagers.
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Each of the students has his own shoes.
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Each of the students has his own locker.
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Each person has his own way of doing things.
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Each country has its own customs.
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You learn a lot about your own country if you live abroad.
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It seems the navy jets had a major screw-up in navigation and they bombed their own troops by mistake.
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We broke up and went our own ways.
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We tend to think that our time is our own only on Sundays and holidays.
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We didn't help him, so he did it off his own bat.
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Are there other universes outside our own?
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We own a few hundred acres between the three of us.
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I'd send my kid out on his own for a while if I were you. A few hard knocks at this point might do him some good.
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Reflect on your own motives when making a decision.
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You cannot have your own way in everything.
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We cannot have our own way in everything.
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You can't hope to have your own way in everything.
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You shall not have your own way in everything.
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Living on my own, I really miss my mom's cooking.
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I'd been on my own all week and was starving for conversation.
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This is true partly because non-Westerners have begun to take pride in their own cultures and partly because those areas of the world where forks are not used have some of the highest birth rates.
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A good doctor follows his own directions.
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The son of a great actor became a good actor in his own right.
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On bad roads this little car really comes into its own.
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Have the devil's own luck.
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There is no mother who doesn't love her own child.
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All right, do it your own way, but don't blame me if you fail.
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The lemon has a flavor all of its own.
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Linda will try to have her own way in everything.
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Mind your own business.
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Every man for his own trade.
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It's time you stood on your own two feet.
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Everyone will have his own computer before long.
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Each has his own taste.
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Each of them carried their own pack.
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I would rather let him have his own way.
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Everyone has a character of his own.
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Mum, why doesn't Dad clean his own study?
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Tend to your own affairs first.
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Bob has to get through this ordeal on his own.
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It has been three years since Bob started his own business.
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Maybe I'll just wander off on my own.
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Mr Brown is looking for his own glasses.
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How do you like living on your own?
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Nixon was caught lying because he bugged his own office.
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You can't have your own way in everything.
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Come what may, you should go your own way.
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However small it may be, I want a house of my own.
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I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it may be.
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Every nation has its own myths.
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Every country has its own history.
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During the tour he broke apart from the group and found his own way.
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Everyone is responsible for his own actions.
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Even if you have your own way, you will not always be successful.
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For example, they do not have to go to a stadium to see the World Series or the Super Bowl because they can enjoy watching the games in their own living rooms.
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However, as living standards gradually came to rise, more and more people began to have their own bathrooms at home.
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It was a profession of his own choosing.
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It is the job of his own choosing.
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It was to a great extent his own fault.
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That is my own affair.
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That's a job of your own choosing, isn't it?
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It has a value all its own.
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It is important to understand that each country has its own culture.
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The story is based on his own experience.
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There is no evidence that the story is based on his own experience.
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The old man tripped over his own feet.
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The ambitious man became intoxicated with his own success.
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I have my own thoughts on that subject.
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The mother used her own milk to nourish the baby.
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The tribe worships its ancestors and speaks its own language, and speaks an unfamiliar language.
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The man couldn't so much as write his own name.
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The man blew out his own brains.
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The man tried to install his own antenna.
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The minister contradicted his own statement.
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The villagers serve their own needs by taking turns driving the bus.
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You had better see the cloth with your own eyes.
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