Example sentences of "[verb] lose their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some drivers , however , say they ca n't live on less money and would prefer to lose their jobs rather than accept a cut . |
| 2 | They held up posters rejecting the idea that their fathers were anything like the Gestapo , and calling for ‘ full social security ’ for Stasi officers expected to lose their posts in the process of trimming the service . |
| 3 | Most are woven on woollen warps and wefts ( p.20 ) — not the most stable of foundation materials — and consequently tend to lose their shape . |
| 4 | Because day length controls this process , trees in cities illuminated by street lights tend to lose their leaves later than their rural relatives . |
| 5 | He was one of seven MPs who agreed to lose their moustaches or beards in a ‘ shave-athon ’ to raise funds for research into leukaemia among children . |
| 6 | For in the real world the Tories were never expected to lose their immense majority in one go . |
| 7 | In higher education an estimated 400,000 students were expected to lose their grants as a result of a proposal to target the federal student grant fund of $5,800 million , a rise of 7 per cent , at students from families with incomes lower than $10,000 . |
| 8 | There is a high incidence among high earners , the unemployed , separated men , those with 10 or more partners , and people who did not enjoy losing their virginity . |
| 9 | Medically , it 's impossible for someone who has lost their sight due to glaucoma to get it back . ’ |
| 10 | It is , however , a way of living which many wise men have advised against , because if the loved person should not return the love , or be absent for some time , or worst of all , should die , then there is no misery worse than that of someone who has lost their sexually loved partner . |
| 11 | ‘ He has lost their trust and the Falkirk fans are not going to rest until they have seen both Deans off the premises . ’ |
| 12 | He could understand his mother — any mother — not wanting to lose their children , but she was carrying it too far . |
| 13 | Persons so possessed lose their senses , periodically or permanently , withdraw from contact with others , and may wander off into the forest , perhaps never to return . |
| 14 | Even ratting contests and prize-fights seemed to lose their appeal in the last quarter of the century . |
| 15 | Health and safety experts are touring the plant to begin an investigation into what caused the fire , and how two firemen came to lose their lives : |
| 16 | Lesbian women can expect to lose their jobs , their children and their community support because they choose to love women in preference to men . |
| 17 | With the prospect of putting four points between themselves and the chasing Leeds , United lost their tempers — and their lead . |
| 18 | But someone wrote to say we 'd lost their vote because they were so appalled by Laura 's late hours ! ’ |
| 19 | Apparently they were doing a programme about monarchs who 'd lost their thrones and gone into exile . |
| 20 | Somebody from London that 'd lost their family |
| 21 | But what er what happened is when they rebuilt this building in the fifteenth century the masons found these and reused them reset them inside because they 'd lost their significance in over the three hundred years , so but they were useful structural er things . |
| 22 | The Danuese might have thought they 'd lost their leaders , that there was no one else , and that 's the moment a frizzy-haired messiah will choose to come upon the scene . |
| 23 | It hit sectors and people who largely escaped before , the skilled , the clerical workers , the managers and the professionals who 've been badly mauled this time , and where last time around er the service sector was expanding to mop up some of those who 'd lost their jobs in manufacturing , this time the service sector too has been in deep trouble . |
| 24 | Smith also told police the three men were half cut , they 'd lost their sense of safety . |
| 25 | They 'd lost their way a little , they 've come back a little and they 're going to win this Anglo-Italian match . |
| 26 | As local residents packed a meeting of Nailsworth Town Council in Gloucestershire , it looked as if they 'd lost their battle to save one of the town 's landmarks . |
| 27 | 7 Do not ingratiate yourself with your class or you 'll begin to lose their respect . |
| 28 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 29 | I 'm I 'm not er well if they 're going to er if they 're going to lose their leaves like they are doing now people are slipping on them are n't they . |
| 30 | going to lose their job . |