Example sentences of "[adv] lose [noun sg] [prep] their [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Existing British evidence on widowhood seems to support that conclusion , reporting a tendency for many widows gradually to lose contact with their husband 's relatives , although some do stay close ( Marris , 1958 ) . |
| 2 | Archosaurs , the forerunners of dinosaurs , also probably lost heat through their surface skin , or perhaps they had air sacs beneath the skin to effect further cooling , and which also may have made them lighter on their feet . |
| 3 | how to say No without losing face with their peers |
| 4 | The majority of the colonists had only recently lost contact with their families . |
| 5 | It could be argued that people in our region have actually lost confidence in their water , they 've suffered from cryptospyridia , blue-green algae , we 're now in a drought period , how would you reassure the public ? |