Example sentences of "i [adv] lost [pos pn] " 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Ted and I nearly lost our fingers pulling snow-frozen ivy off the trees to decorate the cottage . |
| 6 | I nearly lost my life again , when a lady picked me up to put me in the boat . |
| 7 | In the subsequent furore , I nearly lost my Leeds shirt to a rabid band of Man U supporting women . |
| 8 | ‘ She was upset because I nearly lost my temper with her . |
| 9 | I nearly lost my life . |
| 10 | She wiggled and I almost lost my train of thought . |
| 11 | I again lost my daughters , this time to an armful of fluffy rabbits in the pet section . |
| 12 | In the end I completely lost my temper with it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I never lost my love of theatre , ’ said Roy , 57 , yesterday . |
| 15 | ‘ I never gave up ; it was positive thinking and I never lost my enthusiasm . |
| 16 | ‘ I never gave up ; it was positive thinking and I never lost my enthusiasm . |