21.   The kids listened to the speaker for a little while, but then lost interest.

22.   In fact people seemed to be losing interest in aliens.

23.   Pietro had lost interest again.

24.   Eventually he appeared to lose interest, disheartened by her lack of appreciation, and turned away.

25.   She seemed to have lost interest in her companions.

26.   But Edward had lost interest in easy conquests for the present, and Erica hinted at the ending of an affair when she had left the States.

27.   For a man running a fastmoving high-ticket business, he sure has lost his interest in life.

28.   He may also lose weight, lose interest in sex and suffer from obscure pains.

29.   But, in the end, the Americans lost interest.

30.   After her early support for Patten the Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher, is said to have lost interest.