Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] lost " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before , I had had Daisy : when I had lost her , I had lost both sister and friend . |
| 2 | When I 've lost weight . |
| 3 | It 's always worth keeping an odd earring , when you 've lost its partner , for just such projects . |
| 4 | This is daft when you 've lost your job through no fault of your own ; when it really happened because your company had to contract , were firing people on the ‘ last in , first out ’ basis and you had n't been there long . |
| 5 | If someone comes to ask you to move your car forward a bit so he can park his 10 ton truck which is completely blocking the road , it 'll be when you 've lost the car keys . |
| 6 | And when you 've lost that three you 're finished . |
| 7 | As all Scots must have thought after Oslo : ‘ When you 've lost to Peru and Costa Rica , come back and see me about World Cup humiliation . ’ |
| 8 | Say absolutely nothing when you 've lost or drawn a game , tell them how brilliant the team is when you 've won . ’ |
| 9 | Oh when you 've lost your car park . |
| 10 | One thing I will commend you for , it took a lot of ball to carry on even when you had lost the thread . |
| 11 | ‘ When you have lost your Inns , drown your empty selves , for you will have lost the last of England . ’ |
| 12 | When she had lost her virginity four nights earlier , Constance had been elated ; but now she felt as she had always understood women did on their bridal night : deeply upset and even slightly resentful at what had happened . |
| 13 | Part of that would be that they identify that that 's , I 'm going there two years hence that 's the pathway and it 's too late to wait until next January a year from January and suddenly realise they need six G C S E's , a , b , c when they 've lost half their grades on the course work to date . |
| 14 | They hate it when they 've lost their dog . |
| 15 | I think they look after them when they 've lost a lot of weight , you know . |
| 16 | It was Bill Shankly 's super team of the 60s who were feared most when they 'd lost . |
| 17 | You should discard your crêpe bandages when they have lost their elasticity . |
| 18 | Does not he think it right that all such pensioners should receive compensation when they have lost so much pension due to his complacency and reprehensible laxity ? |
| 19 | It is , so what it means when it 's lost is , it is not able to fulfil the function for which it was made . |
| 20 | There is another leitmotif in this funny , happy ballet , the precious red umbrella , Alain 's only love — or so it would seem — for it is the one thing he clings to and simply has to find when he has lost Lise . |
| 21 | No person should be permitted to remain senior partner beyond the point when he has lost the confidence of his co-partners . |