Example sentences of "lose their [noun] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was , some 50,000 soldiers were to lose their lives during the next few months in fruitless attacks on Chunuk Bair . |
| 2 | Even ratting contests and prize-fights seemed to lose their appeal in the last quarter of the century . |
| 3 | Standing in front of the hall is a war memorial , which records the names of 13 men who served and/or lost their lives during the First World War . |
| 4 | On the more serious side , make a pilgrimage to the infamous ‘ Death Railway ’ in the River Kwai Valley where thousands lost their lives during the Second World War . |
| 5 | No fewer than 39,000 members of the Merchant Service lost their lives in the Second World War , many of them in the Western Approaches , yet they are invariably overshadowed by their more glamorous allies in the Royal Navy . |
| 6 | At least ninety-three people lost their lives in the first days of fighting . |
| 7 | Gayle made it 2–0 with a sweet 36th-minute volley , but the visitors lost their way in the second period . |
| 8 | After supplying his sixth goal of the season , Shaughnessy forced Beasley into a full length save yet Runcorn completely lost their way in the second half . |
| 9 | Rijeka , who led 1–0 , may now lose their place in the First Division . |
| 10 | ABOUT 400,000 people will lose their jobs over the next 15 months before the unemployment rate peaks , according to the National Westminster Bank yesterday . |
| 11 | A total of 400 workers at Brunner Mond soda ash company in Northwich , Cheshire , will lose their jobs over the next two years , reducing the workforce to 650 . |
| 12 | At the time she was lodging with two ladies who had lost their brother in the First World War . |