Example sentences of "lose her [noun sg] on the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Without losing her grip on the gun , Anya forages as directed .
5 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 .
6 erm and hers were a quarter of the odds , plus she lost her stake on the part that was betting on them to win .
7 She lost her hold on the saddle .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 She crept downstairs , holding the green enamel candlestick high above her head so that she did n't lose her footing on the narrow wooden stairs .
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