Example sentences of "[vb past] [was/were] lost " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buying a commission for one of its members , it must be remembered , could impoverish a poor noble family for decades ; and if the holder died in the performance of his duties the sum paid was lost to it . |
| 2 | The first registers kept were lost , and those now in existence were very irregularly kept , until within the last 50 years . |
| 3 | The first registers kept were lost , and those now in existence were very irregularly kept , until within the last 50 years . |
| 4 | I think that at the end of his life he thought that what he knew was lost for ever . |
| 5 | While clearly pointing out that these moves do not ensure women 's rights , and that the struggle for women 's liberation will carry on long after the setting up of an independent Palestinian state , Women 's Committees are encouraged by these developments and determined to learn from the mistakes made by women involved in other national liberation struggles , for example , in Algeria , where gains made were lost after the revolution . |
| 6 | Children had the unfortunate habit of growing too tall , whereupon they would be sacked so the few shillings earned were lost to a family that might well depend on them . |
| 7 | It was also claimed she had sent to Brazil jewellery she said was lost . |
| 8 | Much of what he said was lost in the noise , but once , as we climbed a precipitous path and were no more than four metres apart , I heard him cry aloud the name of William again . |
| 9 | Any noise it made was lost in the wind . |
| 10 | Any sound it made was lost in the green murk . |
| 11 | You will remember the election at Fulham in the autumn of 1933 , when a seat which the National Government held was lost by about 7,000 votes on no issue but the pacifist … |