Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] lose [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was going mad : my mum was swearing at me , I was swearing at her ; finally I just lost my temper and said . |
| 2 | ‘ No — no , I just lost my balance . ’ |
| 3 | I had always imagined that when I finally lost my virginity , it would be for the same reason I smoked and drank , because it would have seemed unsophisticated not to . |
| 4 | A television play or four weeks away in repertory was OK , but I finally lost my agent when I turned down an interview for a job in June , ‘ because I 'll be picking the gooseberries ’ . |
| 5 | The ex-Police multi-millionaire issues new 45 ‘ If I Ever Lose My Faith In You ’ in January , followed by an as yet untitled album in February . |
| 6 | ‘ She was upset because I nearly lost my temper with her . |
| 7 | I nearly lost my life again , when a lady picked me up to put me in the boat . |
| 8 | I nearly lost my life . |
| 9 | ‘ Get up , Lizzy , now , before I really lose my rag ! |
| 10 | She wiggled and I almost lost my train of thought . |
| 11 | In the end I completely lost my temper with it . |
| 12 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 13 | ‘ I never lost my love of theatre , ’ said Roy , 57 , yesterday . |
| 14 | ‘ I never gave up ; it was positive thinking and I never lost my enthusiasm . |
| 15 | ‘ I never gave up ; it was positive thinking and I never lost my enthusiasm . |
| 16 | But it did not stop — and she finally lost her grip . |
| 17 | Well you do n't know you 're on it until you hit it and then you just lose your steering and your wheels just go all over the place |
| 18 | she just lost her husband and that was why I never said |
| 19 | Having begun the match in tremendous style , she totally lost her way . |
| 20 | She nearly lost her balance as she brought her left foot alongside her right , but by bending down and clutching the stone she was able to stay on it . |
| 21 | But the train started off again , and she nearly lost her balance ; and still nobody moved . |
| 22 | ‘ I do remember one weekend , during the flu outbreak , must have been early April — yes , a girl in prolonged labour , we were all getting worried about her , she nearly lost her baby . |
| 23 | Have you really lost your voice ? ’ |
| 24 | She spilt liquid things and broke hard ones ; she slipped on banana-skins in the street , and even in places she knew quite well she frequently lost her way . |
| 25 | You simply lost your balance . |
| 26 | In his enthusiasm he lost his cap and when Beth stooped with difficulty to retrieve it , she almost lost her balance as he insisted on pulling her forward . |
| 27 | His face was an arrangement of harsh lines so discouraging that she almost lost her nerve and backed out . |
| 28 | Nor was she about to lose her jacket to a gaggle of overdressed hooligans . |
| 29 | A worthwhile person is always clear : she never loses her grasp on what is going on , gets confused , or is at a loss for an explanation , or at the very least a coherent understanding of what is going on . |
| 30 | Though viewed by many as a relic of the 1890s , she never lost her enthusiasm for new artistic trends . |