Example sentences of "have lost a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Fiat , which has lost a few employees in Italy 's corruption scandals , issued a ‘ code of business ethics ’ .
2 By week 3 , you should have lost a few pounds — at least four , possibly as many as eight — and you may notice a number of minor health problems have begun to improve .
3 She 'd never had a weight problem , of course , but she must have lost a few pounds over the past few days , because the waistband of the shorts she was wearing this morning — which she had purchased in New York only last Saturday — was already far looser than it had been .
4 but I 've lost a few pounds since last week .
5 I 'm afraid I 've lost a few friends and challenged a few others .
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