Example sentences of "lost [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't really remember what happened , because I lost my memory for 2 months afterwards . |
| 2 | In the interviews afterwards I lost my temper for , I think , the first and last time in the dispute . |
| 3 | As Kontrax lost its fight for survival , it emerged that another Hungarian computing giant , Controll Rt , has also hit serious financial difficulties . |
| 4 | Yet it was the people who continued to embody what English agents called ‘ enthusiasm ’ , the xenophobic church and king patriotism which never lost its terrors for the men of property . |
| 5 | They were so unhappy that life lost its perspective for them . ’ |
| 6 | But when they moved on the school lost its reason for being . |
| 7 | The weekend lost its appeal for me when it came to the fundamental rebirthing philosophy . |
| 8 | They begged Rytasha for reimbursement , but none was forthcoming , and for the want of a few hundred pounds the village lost its crop for the year . |
| 9 | Even though she had left Stornoway when she was just 14 , she never lost her love for her birthplace or her sweet West Highland accent . |
| 10 | CANCER heroine Louise Woolcock , 21 , who captured the heart of Princess Diana , lost her battle for life yesterday . |
| 11 | Four years after that Hunt Ball , where Nicandra lost her heart for ever , Aunt Tossie broke into her moneybox to endow the marriage of Nicandra Constance with Andrew Julian . |
| 12 | Though viewed by many as a relic of the 1890s , she never lost her enthusiasm for new artistic trends . |
| 13 | THE father of human torch victim Suzanne Capper spoke of his grief yesterday after she lost her fight for life . |
| 14 | THE sister of fire death girl Natalie Godfrey lost her fight for life early yesterday . |
| 15 | She lost her breath for a moment . |
| 16 | A CARE assistant last night lost her claim for unfair dismissal against Europe 's biggest private nursing home . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , as the cassettes of a BBC teach-yourself English course found in her bedroom after the fall indicated , Elena never lost her taste for self-improvement . |
| 18 | In the event , the most important repercussion of the appointment was to deprive Kent of the championship , for it proved such a traumatic time for Cowdrey that his team lost their way for a few weeks , and missed the title by just one agonizing point . |
| 19 | But , alas , in the real world , Senna went back to a Rug Nightmare after Monaco and McLaren lost their way for a while , finally clinching the title late in the year . |
| 20 | Oxford was an active supporter of the Readeption of Henry VI in 1470/1 , and on Edward IV 's return the family lost their estates for a second time . |
| 21 | Oxford was an active supporter of the Readeption of Henry VI in 1470/1 , and on Edward IV 's return the family lost their estates for a second time . |
| 22 | Some thought that far too many opulent and now half-empty movie palaces had been built for the elusive fashionable trade whilst others detected a more general dulling of the palate as the masses lost their enthusiasm for the old stories and seemed all too ready for something new . |
| 23 | ‘ Boy labour ’ in all spheres was a transient period of employment , and even in the more essential areas of work boys would lose their jobs — whether as ‘ nippers ’ or ‘ handy lads ’ in factories , or as van boys and messenger boys — when they reached early maturity and lost their enthusiasm for boyish wages . |
| 24 | So bitter and rank was this meal that the mares lost their taste for eating humans . |
| 25 | The soldiers happily carried out their orders and , having lost their fruit , the inhabitants soon lost their desire for rebellion . |
| 26 | The majority of those who were working lost their jobs for the reasons already detailed above . |
| 27 | And they lost their courage for life |
| 28 | Lorry driver David Hampton , 24 , collapsed in a club on a night out and lost his fight for life in hospital 24 hours later . |
| 29 | A DARLINGTON man lost his fight for life five days after his wife died suddenly in hospital . |
| 30 | BRAVE Liam Hamer yesterday lost his battle for life just five days after receiving a new liver . |