Example sentences of "'d lose his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Major Hope left him the business when he died ; he 'd lost his only son through drugs , I think , and he more or less adopted my father . |
| 3 | I asked him why he 'd lost his own teeth and he said the cause had been pyorrhea . |
| 4 | I was a child who 'd lost his own mother , and was looking for affection . |
| 5 | He found that he could n't go out with the lads anymore , and he felt he 'd lost his happy-go-lucky side . |
| 6 | She also noticed that his brogue had thickened and he 'd lost his American accent . |