Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] i lose my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know I 'm no end of a brute , and roar like a bear when I lose my temper , but there 's no need to be quite so distressed by my presence . |
| 2 | My hands are real cold cos I lost my gloves and my fingers wo n't work proper — they 're all sort of numb . |
| 3 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 4 | ‘ Putting you to bed before I lose my temper and toss you into the pool I left you beside . |
| 5 | I left early before the nuns were awake but I only got as far as Glasgow before I lost my way . ’ |
| 6 | And now if you 'll excuse me , I really must go to bed and nurse this throat before I lose my voice altogether . |
| 7 | By the same token when I lost my job , I got a rise in salary . |