Example sentences of "[adv] had lost " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King 's company apparently had lost the original licensed manuscript but the Master of the Revels was prepared to accept the word of the company manager John Heminge ( one of the First Folio 's editors ) that ‘ there was nothing profane added or reformed ’ . |
| 2 | The well bubbled into a tributary of the Moy , but unfortunately it had been hemmed in by modern concrete and so had lost a great deal of its charm . |
| 3 | We had ‘ dropped the ball ’ and in doing so had lost valuable time in the search for a reliable synthetic antimalarial' . |
| 4 | Both Corps had to be pulled out of the line , exhausted , on March 12th ; by which time the XVIIIth alone had lost 10,309 men and 295 officers . |
| 5 | But the world outside had lost its interest , and the quiet place was now the centre of all feeling . |
| 6 | His expression for once had lost that unyielding look , and uncertainty flickered for an instant in the glance he bestowed on her . |
| 7 | However , 22 per cent of GP referrals and 42 per cent of other referrals were widowed , divorced , or separated , and hence had lost their partner . |
| 8 | The boy had lost the father he adored , and soon after had lost his darling mother also . |
| 9 | Asshe must have known , when he put in the advertisement , that it would terminate Paul 's employment , make them beggars , for Dinah also had lost her place . |
| 10 | As Beth had reminded the boy on more than one occasion , his sister also had lost her parents , and the home she had been raised in . |
| 11 | Louise , who had been her comfort , buffer and rescuer so many times in the past ; Louise , who had in so many ways been more of a mother to her than Nora ; Louise , who even now had lost none of her vigour and strength of personality . |
| 12 | Agrippa , his fat face covered in sweat , had already despatched one but now had lost his sword and kept turning his horse sharply to counter his final opponent . |
| 13 | England then had lost their last seven wickets for 58 in the first innings and eight for 67 in the second . |
| 14 | It is true that my mother was not in that state , but she too had lost the will to live ; and she too was denied the balm of curtailment . |
| 15 | He said that he too had lost an election ; he had felt very bad when the people of new York rejected him , and he could empathize with what the Shah now felt . |
| 16 | She braved herself to meet his eyes , wondering if he too had lost his appetite and for the same reason as her . |