Example sentences of "have lost a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That some very large companies should have lost a great deal of money on their little experiment shows only how unwise their decision to pursue the technology was . |
| 2 | If the process could eventually be made catalytic , though , they would have lost a money-spinner. h |
| 3 | At least one writer has speculated that Carver may recently have lost a son ( by circular argument , in that selfsame Stirling plague ) , but the truth is we simply do n't know what , if any , personal reference is composed into the music . |
| 4 | Another Nottingham volunteer , Sue , said , ‘ I may not have lost a lot in pounds but it 's great to know I can lose inches from parts I did n't think I could ever reduce . ’ |
| 5 | But then the newspaper boys would have lost a story ! |
| 6 | Mike Gatting presented , and in the pre-match interviews he stressed that it was very , very hot , and I swear Gatt must have lost a stone just standing out in the middle talking about the pitch . |
| 7 | By week 3 , you should have lost a few pounds — at least four , possibly as many as eight — and you may notice a number of minor health problems have begun to improve . |
| 8 | The miners might have lost a political battle , but they had not lost a war . |
| 9 | Looking back on that then , you must have lost a great number of colleagues and workmates that it must give you sort of mixed feelings looking back on it ? |
| 10 | And as it turned out , private investors in Concorde would have lost a lot of money and minded terribly . |
| 11 | ‘ And take something for yourself ; you must have lost a day 's trading to chase after us . ’ |
| 12 | She 'd never had a weight problem , of course , but she must have lost a few pounds over the past few days , because the waistband of the shorts she was wearing this morning — which she had purchased in New York only last Saturday — was already far looser than it had been . |
| 13 | Many of the people the organisation helps have lost a relative who has committed suicide . |
| 14 | Lancashire might easily have lost a second wicket when Nick Speak backed up too far . |
| 15 | ‘ Boro may have lost a couple of home games , but we always seem to be the whipping boys who allow teams to regain their form . ’ |
| 16 | He was about to return the compliment by suggesting that she might have lost a little weight when she leaned across and helped herself to another jam tart . |
| 17 | erm you might have lost a lot . |