Example sentences of "when [pron] lost his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholas , seven , touched the hearts of the nation when he lost his sight through cancer earlier this year , then was robbed of his home by fire . |
| 2 | But he had travelled only a few miles when he lost his way among the dark country lanes near his home in Diss , Norfolk . |
| 3 | IT looked like the end for Bruce Grobbelaar when he lost his place to £1.3million summer signing David James . |
| 4 | A WALKER on Dartmoor became frantic when he lost his pet — a tarantula called Igor . |
| 5 | In 1968 , however , that rare talent of Clark 's was taken from the sport when he lost his life in an inexplicable accident during a Formula Two race at West Germany 's Hockenheim circuit . |
| 6 | In Singapore , Lorne had begun climbing the step-ladder to the plane with the generator in his backpack , when he lost his balance and fell over backwards on to the tarmac waving his arms and legs in the air like a beetle . |
| 7 | Wilfrid could well have transferred his allegiance to an otherwise unknown prince of Oswald 's line when he lost his patron in Ealhfrith . |
| 8 | Accordingly , when he lost his seat as a result of the 1832 Reform Act his efforts to return to Parliament were unsuccessful . |
| 9 | When he lost his temper , and that was often , his cheeks puffed up and his eyes shrank to two small , bottomless black pits . |
| 10 | He saw the wisdom of this ploy and invited me to his next fight , when he lost his title . |
| 11 | ‘ Even when he lost his leg Gerry was chirpy . |
| 12 | Sometimes that world can seem unfair , but even when he lost his driving licence for a year for failing to give a breath test , he quipped : ‘ I really tried to blow into that machine but I 'm a singer not a bugler . ’ |