Example sentences of "lost [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a bullock , a nice quiet beast , called Charlie , and I lost my grip on the shovel when he knocked in to me . |
| 2 | What a pity I lost my hat on the way here ! ’ |
| 3 | Religion lost its hold on the social imagination when it was seen to embody qualities opposed to science : irrationality and superstition . |
| 4 | It has also warned that some customers could be faced with paying more if it lost its hold on the household market . |
| 5 | erm and hers were a quarter of the odds , plus she lost her stake on the part that was betting on them to win . |
| 6 | She lost her hold on the saddle . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He lost his hold on the bag and a slew of rice and chicken and ochre sauce splashed on to the carpet . |
| 12 | CAR worker Dave Baxter nearly lost his manhood on the production line . |
| 13 | REIGNING champion Gary Wilkinson last night lost his grip on the Coalite World Matchplay snooker title at Doncaster . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | That was how he made a living after he lost his job on the railway , through drink and petty pilfering . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | and of course , you know , you er er you 'll get hold of all this as the more we do erm but you lost your way on the diagram by giving him too much I think and , and er the referrals you sort of lost at one point but you come back and reclaimed it did n't you ? |