Example sentences of "chance [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked Danny ( Knight ) to put down at the first chance after crossing back over the Channel , and he did ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ And if you keep both feet in you 've more chance of dropping back into the chair on your knees when it tries to flip , ready for it to whip back the other way , ’ says Birchall . |
| 3 | At last the Eastern Bloc nations might have a chance of catching up with the West , and we owe them a debt . |
| 4 | Saturday 's defeat of leaders Muckamore by Cregagh left Holywood with an excellent chance of catching up with the leaders , but on Sunday they conspired to lose all wickets for a mere when chasing Carrick 's total of 177 . |
| 5 | yeah it 's good that they had a fairer chance of getting on to the tables |
| 6 | You will then have a better chance of getting through to the interview stage ; |
| 7 | Course it 's worth bothering because a lot of young men that was unemployed come down to the school where I 'm the caretaker and they said , we know that you 're running short is there any chance of getting in on the scene ? |
| 8 | ‘ Any chance of getting in at the end of that scheme ? ’ |
| 9 | The snow hook is actually on the end of the tow line so that in the unlikely event of the karabiner unhooking — as it did once on me — — the hook stays close to you giving you an outside chance of holding on to the team . |
| 10 | Take her chance on slipping out of the door into the street and away . |
| 11 | If the fish did attack and he missed with his spear , Trent knew that his chances of getting out of the water in one piece were nil . |
| 12 | If they did know and blocked the main rides the verderers ' chances of getting out of the forest were small . |
| 13 | ‘ I was told I had to play well week-in , week-out in the League to further my chances of getting back into the international side and it has been good to play in a successful side at Cardiff . ’ |
| 14 | With just two months of the year to go , the chances of coming in below the Government 's current target of £37 billion must now be good , though City experts pointed out last night that changes in VAT regulation may have brought payments forward from February and March to December and January . |