Example sentences of "'d lose [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in the Bible it 's recorded that for example there are some cases where there was a big storm and they lost sight of land and all the sailors er promptly panicked because once they 'd lost sight of land they had n't got a clue where they were . |
| 2 | Twice he 'd lost sight of them and been obliged to put on speed or else run the risk of failing to see them as they took some minor road or turn-off . |
| 3 | Even after he 'd lost sight of her , Ellwood retained the image of power . |
| 4 | Under the same circumstances , she 'd have worked a lot harder to please a man , and she 'd lost sight of the fact that Kattina was an important lead in her assignment . |
| 5 | But he 'd lost sight of the figure . |
| 6 | His line was that he 'd lost contact with Malcolm because he could only stand to be with him for so long at a stretch . |
| 7 | I must also admit that I 'd lost faith at this goal ! |
| 8 | If I belonged anywhere , it was with these people , the lumpenbourgeoisie , in whose eyes I 'd lost caste , fatally and irrevocably . |
| 9 | Now the King chose Oxford for pretty obvious reasons as his headquarters , he 'd lost London , he needed a capital and a headquarters , erm and erm Oxford had a delightfully convenient central position , its transport is very easy with the river erm navigable , erm on both sides of it . |
| 10 | Ruth was shaking , not with fear so much as protest ; she 'd lost control of this situation . |
| 11 | I 'd lost control . |
| 12 | Perhaps I could tell Norman he was a godson with whom I 'd lost touch when his real mother died ? |
| 13 | And when they 'd separated after the cash had run out , his mother had coped ; Stuart 's father had gone abroad , eventually they 'd lost touch . |
| 14 | They said they 'd lost touch . |
| 15 | A man who thought he 'd lost pension payments worth thirty-eight thousand pounds with the crash of the Maxwell empire is celebrating after hearing he WILL be paid . |
| 16 | I was obsessed by new clothes to the extent that I 'd lost interest in something if it was more than a few hours old . |
| 17 | One of them , recently relieved of a large Norwegian and still visibly tense , said she 'd lost interest in food and would settle for not having all the cup handles knocked off . |
| 18 | At that moment all I wanted to hear was more of her story , but she 'd lost interest in that now . |
| 19 | He 'd soon change his tune if he thought she 'd lost interest . |
| 20 | ‘ And only an hour or so ago , ’ said Leonora wonderingly , ‘ I was thinking you 'd lost interest in me completely . ’ |
| 21 | When I went on stage in Tain , the Western Isles had lost £8 million ; when I came off , there were 14 messages on the pager , and they 'd lost £23 million . |
| 22 | Chris had already been given a severe ticking-off when he 'd admitted to the box-office that he 'd lost count of the number of tickets and cheques he 'd stuffed into all his suit pockets . |
| 23 | She 'd lost count of the number of people who 'd asked her that ; lost count of the number of answers she 'd given . |
| 24 | I 'd lost 5st — I was slim — at last ! |
| 25 | She was very patient but we 'd lost time . |
| 26 | Another satisfied and delighted lady owner who 'd lost jewellery which has now been found . |
| 27 | She found that Belov had laid out her own clothes as she slept ; she 'd lost weight , she noticed as she dressed , and she had n't really had much to lose . |
| 28 | He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up . |
| 29 | She 'd lost weight over the past three weeks ; now her features seemed positively angular , and her skin was as pale as to be almost translucent . |
| 30 | Well he said , we did n't think he 'd lost weight , that 'd |