Example sentences of "that he [verb] lost " in BNC.
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| 1 | A regular in wellington boots plastered with cow dung ordered a pint , took off his overcoat and hung it up , unaware that he 'd lost his trousers somewhere en route . |
| 2 | His line was that he 'd lost contact with Malcolm because he could only stand to be with him for so long at a stretch . |
| 3 | He said later that he 'd lost them . |
| 4 | Chris had already been given a severe ticking-off when he 'd admitted to the box-office that he 'd lost count of the number of tickets and cheques he 'd stuffed into all his suit pockets . |
| 5 | Today he made a humiliating climb down in the Commons and demonstrated that he 'd lost his political touch — that he did n't realise how upset the voters would be if he put 30,000 — going on 100,000 — people out of work . |
| 6 | this was the centre that he had lost . |
| 7 | Sir William Hildred , who as Director-General at the new Ministry of Civil Aviation was Britain 's senior civil servant in charge of aviation , told a meeting in September 1945 that he had lost interest in the Bristol 167 because its undercarriage width of 93 feet was wider than any runway then in existence , and two prototypes were estimated to cost £7 million . |
| 8 | However , examination of his foot showed that he had lost one-third of the skin from his heel . |
| 9 | He fell to his knees , buried his head in the grass , feeling that he had lost his chance in that moment . |
| 10 | And it was during this time that he had lost his wife , lost his job , lost his sense of himself as a separate human soul , and in struggle worked out the theory that he was nothing but a sick character in the hands or under the pen of a malevolent Author . |
| 11 | If there should be trees out there , swaying in the wind , then he would know that he had lost all sense of time and place and personal identity . |
| 12 | But the ex-President , still affectionately known as ‘ The Gipper ’ after one of his old film roles , proved that he had lost none of his old style and sense of humour . |
| 13 | For a moment he thought that he had lost control , and the bank loomed at him . |
| 14 | Pennethorne protested that since 1845 , he had devoted himself entirely to the Office 's work and now found that he had lost all his work . |
| 15 | Rab thought of Winnie in the room , his worry , her money , their run to London , that he had lost her . |
| 16 | I was told by the retailer that he had lost a number of Emperors due to aggression in the confines of a small tank in his store . |
| 17 | Gary again started to pray about YWAM as he recognised that he had lost something — perhaps his original vision was wrong . |
| 18 | He was an impetuous , but not naturally a brave , man and explained that he had lost his audacity through the brutality of an early schoolmaster . |
| 19 | ‘ There goes my one moment of glory ’ , he said , after reading that he had lost . |
| 20 | I told her no messages had been sent and suggested that if Uncle was a businessman — I thought it better not to mention that we already knew he was a multi-millionaire businessman — he might naturally tend to be secretive and that he might also be reluctant to broadcast the fact that he had lost his yacht through what might have been his own fault . |
| 21 | He pulled out the battered sea captain 's telescope that he had bought in Caen to replace the expensive glass that he had lost after Toulouse . |
| 22 | Kunstavisen reports in its March/April number that not only did many artists protest because they were not on the list but one contacted them to say that he had lost the possibility of a big exhibition because he had not been included . |
| 23 | On further examination at the hospital it was discovered that he had lost most of his teeth and hair and there was irreparable damage to the stomach and intestines as well as to the central nervous system . |
| 24 | It was n't merely that he had lost stones in weight — dash it , the man 's sobriquet was a libel now — but that his whole demeanour was that of a soldier completely confused , completely disorientated . |
| 25 | He had no idea , for the letter forced him at last to admit to himself that he knew nothing about his son , that he had lost touch with him , had allowed him over the years to drift further and further away so that now they were virtual strangers . |
| 26 | Suddenly she remembered being told that he had lost an only daughter , killed by a hit-and-run driver , and she wished the words unsaid . |
| 27 | But no , his voice on the phone was as polite and friendly as ever , with not a hint that he had lost faith . |
| 28 | She saw that he had lost in every way . |
| 29 | At dinner , too , he kept quiet about it , simply telling Beverley that he had lost his way in the mist . |
| 30 | He only knew that he had lost her , and she might be the liar , cheat and whore he thought she was , or the injured innocent she claimed to be — he did not care which , for whatever she was she had taken his life and his hopes with her . |