Example sentences of "lose [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they lose their hold on the rock or are swept away by the waves , they will assuredly drown . |
| 2 | The cat spat suddenly , startling her and almost making her lose her footing on the branch , but Virginia kept her head as well as her footing , and , pulling back one of the branches forming the fork , lifted the cat free . |
| 3 | The riverbank rushed towards her with dizzying speed as the stiffness in her legs caused her stumble and lose her balance on the uneven ground . |
| 4 | Apart from the need to preserve some semblance of pride , she knew such a retreat would cause her to lose her hold on the blankets . |
| 5 | On balance , however , it looks as though by May 1183 Henry II and Richard were beginning to lose their grip on the war . |
| 6 | And all against the background of what appears to be a historic breakthrough in black South African politics as the cracks in the apartheid edifice widen and the government begins to lose its grip on the affairs of state . |
| 7 | Young Group , the open cast coal miner that is soon to lose its quote on the unlisted securities market , was a peculiar market . |
| 8 | Halfway through , the film loses its grip on the day-to-day reality in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | It often loses its grip on the ball of bedding along the way and has to regather the bundle . |
| 10 | The Labour Party Conference : Livingstone loses his seat on the national executive |
| 11 | While I finish my mug of tea , Jamie loses his pound on the old fashioned pinball table . |
| 12 | I had a bullock , a nice quiet beast , called Charlie , and I lost my grip on the shovel when he knocked in to me . |
| 13 | What a pity I lost my hat on the way here ! ’ |
| 14 | Under the old DHSS cohabitation ruling , beleaguered by years of criticism from welfare workers and the women 's movement , women who had male friends , family or lovers around ran the risk of losing their benefit on the grounds that these men were or should be maintaining them . |
| 15 | Without losing her grip on the gun , Anya forages as directed . |
| 16 | A year or so later she told everyone that they must make an annual pilgrimage to that city , where she had a cousin in the catering trade who was prepared to give them all cheap rates , but by that time Rose was losing her grip on the faithful . |
| 17 | Religion lost its hold on the social imagination when it was seen to embody qualities opposed to science : irrationality and superstition . |
| 18 | It has also warned that some customers could be faced with paying more if it lost its hold on the household market . |
| 19 | erm and hers were a quarter of the odds , plus she lost her stake on the part that was betting on them to win . |
| 20 | She lost her hold on the saddle . |
| 21 | While Harriet Harman who lost her seat on the shadow cabinet and has been strongly criticized for he commons performances over the past year , keeps hers . |
| 22 | And the woman lost her brooch on the way back and she saw this man next morning , he was a policeman in , and he he was too fond of the drink , a and he he was on , he was a railway policeman , and he fell onto the rails , when the train was coming , nobody knows how he how he how he er he lost one arm er about there and the other one about there , both arms but he he survived it . |
| 23 | The issue of jobs was now added to the left agenda , as the print workers finally lost their grip on the production jugular of the industry in the first fundamental update of print technology since the late Middle Ages . |
| 24 | In the great cities , people had to make more choices for themselves as traditional social institutions like the family and the church lost their grip on the individual . |
| 25 | He began a forlorn final game by losing his grip on the racket altogether . |
| 26 | He said that Dr Banda , who is no longer an elder , appeared to be losing his hold on the leadership . |
| 27 | The legend tells of his pursuit of Colonel Briggs to Kendal Church during morning service , riding his horse into the church and losing his helmet on the way out , when he found his enemy was not present . |
| 28 | He had dreamt the night before of losing his walking-stick on the current of a stream . |
| 29 | He lost his hold on the bag and a slew of rice and chicken and ochre sauce splashed on to the carpet . |
| 30 | CAR worker Dave Baxter nearly lost his manhood on the production line . |