Object

• sight: The US must never lose sight of its traditions of individual freedom.

• touch: All too often it has lost touch with wider intellectual currents.

• battle: We lost the battle of the posters, which we were successful at in 2004.

• plot: Yet more cruising news: George Michael really has lost the plot, going on TV to plug his antics.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

• due: Those who have booked half or full board may lose a meal due to their time of arrival or departure from their hotel.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• out: I do not want the arts at the top end to lose out, " she told the culture committee.

Adjective complement

• 1lb: I have lost 1lb short of 1 1/2 stone loss and I have done that through Weight Watchers and gentle exercising.

• most: At that time, Mr. Nejifi lost most of his land.

Used with why or when

• when: But sometimes it does seem that a sense of perspective can be lost when determining what is reasonable.

Preposition: in

• transit: Lost Packages Despite our best efforts parcels are ocassionally lost in transit.

• fog: The more content added to the course, the more likely the really critical information will get lost in the fog.

• shuffle: People infected with HIV and those suffering the ravages of AIDS, are lost in the shuffle of this abstract pursuit ' .

• blitz: The first notes will, I am sorry to say, be very sketchy as all the early years were lost in the blitz.

• play-off: He finished fourth in his first season in charge but lost in the play-offs to Gillingham.