Example sentences of "they 've lost " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But they will lose their reason , ’ says Peter Verkhovensky 's lieutenant when Peter has argued that the quintet will hold together after the murder ‘ unless they 've lost their reason ’ .
2 I 've just had a Christmas card from my old healthy friend ; so that 's two years ' service they 've lost for starters .
3 But they may find it difficult , they must feel like they 've lost their dignity , the fact that we 're washing them .
4 Well , you may win , but your counterparts will think they 've lost and so in the long run will you .
5 Williams is anything but surprised that both Palace and Forest are in trouble , saying : ‘ We 've lost key players like Mark Bright and Ian Wright and they 've lost people like Des Walker and Teddy Sheringham .
6 They 've lost a fortune — Ferraris , Bugattis , Maseratis , Nissan Bluebirds .
7 ‘ Forest are having a bad time — they 've lost six matches without winning . ’
8 Your national side may not have a future themselves by that time if they 've lost every game in between .
9 ‘ That they 've lost a feeder .
10 But I still do n't know why Scano 's boy risked going to the villa unless they 've lost a guard too , which would really put them in difficulty .
11 Some donors might have great works of art which they 've lost interest in , or that belonged to their father or their grandfather .
12 Student grants are to be eroded by inflation until a 50:50 grant loan is arrived at , they 've lost unemployment pay for the vacations , not to mention housing benefit .
13 Because they 've lost blood
14 Perhaps they 've lost it .
15 A shadow she could not interpret crossed his face , as he said , ‘ Sometimes people do n't know what they want — until they 've lost it . ’
16 They 've lost direction , and the working class is taking liberties . ’
17 They 've lost one family and they immediately think they are going to lose another . ’
18 In the process they 've lost a certain edge , for at the end The Cateran had the rage and the fury of a band at its peak falling apart .
19 And whether the wheel is turning too fast for them to cope with it somewhere along the line they 've lost control any and there 's still I 'm told young many a time a good shop steward and a good management should be a good team together , but erm unless they can work in harmony you know it 's no good .
20 It 's like they 've lost a bodyguard . ’
21 But this time , once in a millenium , they do not simply stand outside a lighted window , looking in at what they 've lost .
22 They 've lost four times and they should be asking themselves why .
23 The rulebook states that a member has the right to appeal but it does n't say that they have the right to be told why they 've lost .
24 Well , I consider that letting someone know why they 've lost is natural justice .
25 In the process they 've lost a certain edge , for at the end The Cateran had the rage and the fury of a band at its peak falling apart .
26 Their problem is that they 've lost five hundred pounds .
27 Mr Chairman , I , would like to slightly and trying not to be parochial , but having looked at the erm , figures , I , I just can not believe that those are honest figures , I mean there are eleven hundred and sixty nine people unemployed in Craven Arms or something like that , and they 've lost over a thousand jobs over the last few years , and erm , very few of those have been replaced .
28 Part of that would be that they identify that that 's , I 'm going there two years hence that 's the pathway and it 's too late to wait until next January a year from January and suddenly realise they need six G C S E's , a , b , c when they 've lost half their grades on the course work to date .
29 Another thing , perhaps , we should notice right at the very beginning is that Jesus did n't actually speak in pa , in in er , in chapters , and they 've lost , they 've been put in for our convenience , and chapter fifteen is not the beginning of a new incident Jesus had already been speaking to the people , he had been teaching them in chapter fourteen .
30 Newcastle though have been flying all season … on top of the table since September they 've lost just one of their last ten league games … some thought they were beginning to slip … five goals against Brentford last weekend proved that Kevin Keegan 's team are still the ones to beat …
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