Example sentences of "they have lost a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Then we had to then fiddle about and get the chain up with a big pole and heave that up and we always knew that if a dumb hopper come back and they 'd what we used to call they 'd lost a door , one of the doors used to break , used to be about I would say erm eight doors in the hold , separate doors and if one of them broke they 'd fiddle about with a big , what we would call a pole with a hook on trying to get hold of the chain and we 'd see that there pole sticking up out of the hold , we knew they lost a door so what they used to do they used to leave with the dredger and we 'd finish that off before we load it , had to . |
2 | Cos we used to swear like hell if they 'd lost a door |
3 | ‘ That they 've lost a feeder . |
4 | They 've lost a fortune — Ferraris , Bugattis , Maseratis , Nissan Bluebirds . |
5 | But I still do n't know why Scano 's boy risked going to the villa unless they 've lost a guard too , which would really put them in difficulty . |
6 | I think they look after them when they 've lost a lot of weight , you know . |
7 | er They 've lost most of their goods , er they 've had to leave enormous amounts of , of , of their personal belongings in , in Kuwait , they 're , they 're not physically in bad shape , but mentally they 're , they 're very anxious and , and they know they 've lost a lot of belongings . |
8 | It 's like they 've lost a bodyguard . ’ |
9 | ‘ They were talking as if they had lost a £10 note . |
10 | That very morning , it appeared , they had lost a couple of turns — one of which had been two sisters : a singing and dancing act . |
11 | It was not just that they had lost a friend through death , but the death that Jesus had suffered was long and cruel , and above all it was unjust . |
12 | In the meantime they had lost a Sea Fury . |
13 | Venture capital giant 3i had not used executive search at all in the past four years but mentioned that they had lost a number of people through headhunters . |
14 | Some people feel they have lost a space of time and , like other members of the panel , I would be cautious in the use of sedatives in this situation . |
15 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |