Example sentences of "i had lost a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things . |
| 2 | I had lost a father , ‘ someone to watch over me ’ who had done his best to do so , though he had failed . |
| 3 | But things started to change when a friend mentioned that since I had lost a little weight whilst being away on a beach holiday with my boyfriend ( not deliberately , just through not eating much in the heat of Spain ) several people had said how I looked better . |
| 4 | When I dared to go to the scales I discovered that I had lost a further ten pounds in five days . |
| 5 | In the struggle I had lost a scarf I valued but never went back for it . |
| 6 | The ‘ ghost ’ was now exorcised , without fuss or argument , and I had lost a good source of revenue . |
| 7 | I had lost a stone in weight , which being thin in the first place I could n't afford , and looked haggard and drawn . |
| 8 | Erm , well my particular case was cut and dry , no medical miracles , as I say , could help me because I had lost a baby at six months during the labour and erm in order to save to my life I had a hysterectomy so there was no possibility of I V F , etcetera , etcetera . |