Example sentences of "lose [pron] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as the Spirit loses its way the harder you drive , so the Carlton is elevated to a higher level . |
| 2 | In the end I had to take it to a skid pan to see how far it would go before it eventually lost its cool The answer was as far as its steering lock would allow . |
| 3 | To avoid losing his temper the Marshal said it himself along with his first question : ‘ It was the morning that it snowed … ’ |
| 4 | The stability which had characterized Edward IV 's last years had thus collapsed , almost overnight , into a struggle for control during the minority which was in the end to lose his son the throne . |
| 5 | The stability which had characterized Edward IV 's last years had thus collapsed , almost overnight , into a struggle for control during the minority which was in the end to lose his son the throne . |
| 6 | And although they maintained none of County Durham 's 5,000 teachers would lose their jobs the higher than expected pay deal will make the county dig into its reserves to pay for the salary hike . |
| 7 | While no-one likes to see anyone lose his job the Glentoran Board are to be congratulated on having been decisive at such a vital time for the club . |
| 8 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 9 | Having lost her mother the moment she was born , the baby needed a nursemaid , so Patrick Milligan had hired the rat-faced Mrs MacDonagh who lived opposite . |
| 10 | Haynes was eventually run out for 62 and left the field in tears thinking he had lost his team the match , but by then only three more were needed and Roberts was striking the ball well . |