Example sentences of "lose his [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour Party Conference : Livingstone loses his seat on the national executive |
| 2 | While I finish my mug of tea , Jamie loses his pound on the old fashioned pinball table . |
| 3 | He began a forlorn final game by losing his grip on the racket altogether . |
| 4 | He said that Dr Banda , who is no longer an elder , appeared to be losing his hold on the leadership . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He had dreamt the night before of losing his walking-stick on the current of a stream . |
| 7 | He lost his hold on the bag and a slew of rice and chicken and ochre sauce splashed on to the carpet . |
| 8 | CAR worker Dave Baxter nearly lost his manhood on the production line . |
| 9 | REIGNING champion Gary Wilkinson last night lost his grip on the Coalite World Matchplay snooker title at Doncaster . |
| 10 | Dein lost his place on the League management committee because it was felt that the interests of the so-called ‘ Big Five ’ clubs , including Arsenal , had been pushed too hard . |
| 11 | That was how he made a living after he lost his job on the railway , through drink and petty pilfering . |
| 12 | As a result , he was dropped as secretary and member of the executive of the 1922 Committee and lost his seat on the Conservative Home Affairs Committee . |
| 13 | He had expected to lose his life on the track , but he passed away peacefully in his bed . |
| 14 | TONY Benn , the veteran darling of Labour 's left wing , is expected to lose his seat on the party 's ruling National Executive today . |
| 15 | Your mentor might lose his head on the block , or be handed a P45 in today 's language . |
| 16 | Zednik says : ‘ Petr is still extrovert on court but the difference is now that he does n't lose his concentration on the next point as much as he used to . ’ |
| 17 | As Richard Neustadt puts it , ‘ When one man shares authority with another , but does not gain or lose his job on the other 's whim , his willingness to act upon the urging of the other turns on whether he conceives the action right for him . ’ |
| 18 | In answer to those who might claim that the perverse approach to this particular movement illustrates that the conductor had lost his grip on the orchestra by the time of this recording , I can only say that the playing of the New Philharmonia is magnificent . |
| 19 | The King could have ridden further inland , but he would have lost his way on the wild , grassy moorland which conceals marsh and bog to trap the unwary traveller . |
| 20 | Xinhua ( the New China News Agency ) reported on March 3 that Xu Jiatun , who had been replaced in February 1990 as head of Xinhua 's Hong Kong branch and thus as China 's de facto representative in Hong Kong [ see p. 37185 ] , had been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and had lost his seat on the party 's central advisory commission for " deserting the party and the people " and going abroad without permission . |
| 21 | All the same , the 31-year-old Bath half-back , first-choice up to and including the World Cup Final against Australia 13 months ago , has lost his place on the bench to Steve Bates of Wasps and on the plane that tomorrow flies the England squad to Lanzarote . |