Example sentences of "[pers pn] have lose [art] " in BNC.

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1 It was easy to manage , but it felt like I 'd lost a limb !
2 My ex-wife would go around telling extraordinary stories about me to people , and I discovered that I 'd lost a lot of friends .
3 Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training
4 Well , in comes Alf , with 'is belly full of old and mild as usual , and asks me why do I look as if I 'd lost a pound and found thruppence .
5 In effect , I 'd lost a day and I wondered if there had been something I 'd planned to do that Monday , like work , for instance .
6 So I kept telling Vivienne and Bernie that I 'd lost the keys to my locker .
7 I 'd started locking my shirts in a desk drawer every night , except that now I 'd lost the key with all my Ben Shermans in there .
8 It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby .
9 It was inconceivable that I 'd lost the bag forever .
10 ‘ I thought I 'd lost the West End part by choosing the Hamlet tour , ’ she puzzled .
11 But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things .
12 I had lost a father , ‘ someone to watch over me ’ who had done his best to do so , though he had failed .
13 But things started to change when a friend mentioned that since I had lost a little weight whilst being away on a beach holiday with my boyfriend ( not deliberately , just through not eating much in the heat of Spain ) several people had said how I looked better .
14 When I dared to go to the scales I discovered that I had lost a further ten pounds in five days .
15 In the struggle I had lost a scarf I valued but never went back for it .
16 The ‘ ghost ’ was now exorcised , without fuss or argument , and I had lost a good source of revenue .
17 I had lost a stone in weight , which being thin in the first place I could n't afford , and looked haggard and drawn .
18 Erm , well my particular case was cut and dry , no medical miracles , as I say , could help me because I had lost a baby at six months during the labour and erm in order to save to my life I had a hysterectomy so there was no possibility of I V F , etcetera , etcetera .
19 I had lost the excitement of the first Ramble to the Trossachs which had all been new territory .
20 I had lost the will to live , but did not have the means to end it . ’
21 I had lost the sense of being part of another .
22 I had lost the cabby 's good will ( ‘ Make up yer mind — ca n't she ? ’ )
23 Reg used every opportunity to take swipes at me and constantly implied that I had lost the confidence of everybody involved with the club .
24 Having restored stability I quickly got above the cloud , found I had lost the Pole Star and somehow , like a tank commander , turned through 150° by not very gentle use of the outer engines .
25 ‘ And I had to lose a good , good woman before I came to my senses .
26 Every time I go through a lean spell I 've lost a yard ; every time I score a goal it means I 'm over the hepatitis .
27 Norwich manager Dave Stringer said : ‘ This is the second time I 've lost a semi-final and it does n't get any easier to accept .
28 I 'll feel that I 've lost a good friend .
29 ‘ With having such a long time off , I 've lost a lot of speed but the endurance is still there , which of course is the key for anyone on the ultra scene .
30 I had been on diets and to put it in context , over twenty years I 've lost a hundred and twenty stone !
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