Example sentences of "[pron] because [pers pn] [verb] lose " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , and Isabel must know , must surely remember it , Isabel who had had such a well-developed , careful , private system for the storing , ordering , labelling , arrangement and organisation of things , whose books were in a certain line , so that she could tell you at once , and without ever having to get up , what sat next to what and where Lewis and Short or Cassell 's French-English would be found , were she to consent to your borrowing them because you had lost your own . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | said in the paper today that Michael Barrymore mother is very concerned about him because he 's lost a lot of weight |
4 | And I felt sorry for her because she 'd lost — one of her — It died . ’ |
5 | Chasing after Julius in that oh , so subtle and ladylike way , looking down that elegant nose of hers at Jessamy because she did n't wear designer clothes or lead a sophisticated social life , silently sneering at her because she had lost Julius just as she , Eleanor , had always predicted she would . |
6 | ‘ It 's very hard for her because she has lost two sisters . |
7 | Was it because he had lost his own parents during his teens that he so desperately wanted a family ? |