Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] lose his [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mr B , who had totally lost his hearing , had to read a lesson in York Minster at a national rally of Scouts . |
| 2 | The case described here illustrates brief counselling with a young man who had recently lost his job , and who was experiencing family and other problems . |
| 3 | On two occasions he failed ignominiously to lose his virginity to a girl called Rosie in the packing department . |
| 4 | The court heard he had also lost his job . |
| 5 | He had just lost his wife ; his children were now grown up . |
| 6 | Given that , in 1837 , Buxton initially opposed an immediate move against apprenticeship it is doubtful how much deference would have been shown his leadership by the convention , but he had anyway lost his seat at the recent election . |
| 7 | He had officially lost his pastorate as part of the restoration agreement with King Charles in which positions and property sequestered during the Commonwealth were restored . |
| 8 | He had completely lost his temper when he had heard the news that Clasper had taken the giant Merseyside plant out on strike . |
| 9 | Otherwise he had completely lost his sense of direction . |
| 10 | He had apparently lost his fortune through business failures and was claiming legal aid in an action over his 1990 divorce from his second wife Sarah . |
| 11 | Some people were so bold as to suggest that he had now lost his grip and was writing pretty fair garbage . |
| 12 | So thick had the mist become that he had almost lost his way and hoping to hear the call of one of the animals to orientate himself had heard an eagle 's call and one he knew well . |