Example sentences of "[verb] a chance get " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , it 's to kind of forestall Martha , before she has a chance to get in there . |
2 | Now Sherry has a chance to get even . |
3 | ‘ As though it 's just been created and has n't had a chance to get fouled up with so-called ‘ civilisation ’ . |
4 | And we 've never had a chance to get together all the evening . ’ |
5 | Once I 've met everyone and we 've had a chance to get to know one another , they 'll see no reason to continue this quarrel . ’ |
6 | I have n't had a chance to get any provisions in . ’ |
7 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
8 | I 'm afraid this letter has been delayed as I have n't had a chance to get it to the Embassy before today . |
9 | I think there 's someone else in me which I have n't given a chance to get out . |
10 | Trust Spittals not to miss a chance to get into the papers , thought Dexter with a snort . |
11 | ‘ The Steve Cropper connection came about because he and I got a chance to get reacquainted with one another down in Seville at the Guitar Legends concerts . |
12 | I was expecting a chance to get my papers organized . |
13 | ‘ I did n't have a chance to get a briefing from Graeme but I did n't get one when I took over from Kenny Dalglish . |
14 | We have come from the country to a city , and I shall have a chance to get settled in and find new friends before they all take off . |
15 | On top of this , inevitably but it seems rather unfairly , they have to deal with the problem that faces every teacher in a new school : the fact that they do not know its geography , its structure and its rules , both explicit and unwritten , nor do they have a chance to get to know the personalities and quirks of more than a handful of either pupils or teachers . |
16 | " Things wo n't have a chance to get worse and do n't worry . |
17 | I wanted to give Garry a chance to get clear . ’ |
18 | But for the sisters it meant a chance to get to see more of each other . |
19 | Managers like buy-outs because they offer a chance to get rich quick . |
20 | With luck the conversation is defused into either mice or begonias , and then you will get a chance to get a word in edgeways rather than listen to a lecture which could become controversial or boring ( and hard work to speechread ) . |
21 | Like erm , like Maureen she 's erm she 's worried for Joe , she says he do n't stop , he do n't , but you see the difference being is it 's Joe 's business and it 's as he said , some people do n't pay you for twelve months , and a lot of your money has gone out before you can get a chance to get it back in |
22 | You did n't even get a chance to get in here and . |
23 | ‘ Kicked out of Oundle before I had a chance to get to grips with the first line of the Aeneid , if you want to know the truth . |
24 | Being a fair-minded person and still hoping that I had a chance to get a cultural stew going , I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) , but he did not give me a chance either . |
25 | The ball 's he let the ball drop behind him but er he still had a chance to get back on this . |
26 | had a chance to get my job finished . |
27 | City shopkeepers thought this would be disastrous as the last thing that people cooped up in offices all day want to do is to plunge underground when at last they have a chance to get out in the fresh air . |
28 | A five-course dinner is served at a large refectory table seating twelve , so guests have a chance to get to know one another . |
29 | As long as the lads keep making the chances , we have a chance to get out of this . |
30 | tomorrow night Swindon have a chance to get even nearer the top of the table … they 're at home to Birmingham City … while Oxford are chasing a place in the next round of the cup … they 're at home to Swansea in a third round replay … |