Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] his chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what I did n't know was he was a member of the local mafia and did n't want to see his chance of making a fortune disappear into thin air . |
| 2 | He topped the batting averages on Durham 's tour of Zimbabwe and has earned his chance by hitting two centuries for the second X1 this season . |
| 3 | Reed has taken his chance to impress and win the place that might have gone to England 's Wade Dooley , who has returned home after the death of his father . |
| 4 | She insisted quietly on halving the bill and he let her have her way , not wanting to jeopardize his chance of eating with her in the future . |
| 5 | This inner life is projected as a theatre for the right direction of energy : the soul in temptation is ready to leap into pride , indeed the devil himself is seen as a leaper constantly alert to seize his chance to get hold of the direction of man 's life . |
| 6 | I would n't rule him out , although he is n't getting any younger and might have missed his chance two years ago . |
| 7 | For an instant , 10 minutes from the end , Clough must have thought his chance was coming when Sheringham wrestled his way past the otherwise dominant Pallister . |
| 8 | Norman 's seven-birdie course record gave him a one-shot lead playing the 18th , but he should have known his chance had gone with Faldo having won two Augusta titles in extra time . |
| 9 | Ford , 20 , is set to get his chance after the club 's other keeper , Steve Hewitt , was sent on loan to non-League Matlock Town last week . |
| 10 | Meanwhile Jansher Khan , the new world champion who had his $15,000 prize money withheld because he left the official dinner early , may have lost his chance of taking over as world No. 1 . |
| 11 | He joined Hampshire in 1970 and a couple of years later the selectors were enquiring after him , but he chose to await his chance with West Indies . |
| 12 | ‘ Drugs , ’ he said , clearly angered to have missed his chance at heroism . |
| 13 | But there could be a major shake-up in the market if stablemate Miinnehoma is allowed to take his chance . |
| 14 | He agreed to take his chance . |
| 15 | I was just damaged goods , another misfit , another over-educated , under-motivated loser who had missed his chance and drifted into the Sargasso Sea of EFL work . |
| 16 | He had missed his chance with Martha , as had his brother Will with their Beth . |
| 17 | Grunte had seized his chance . |
| 18 | Lothar , back in Italy , had seized his chance , to co-ordinate revolt — and to secure papal support . |
| 19 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
| 20 | Harbour was extremely nervous , this being his first professional engagement , and equally determined to seize his chance . |
| 21 | And the terrible moment when he heard the sound of officious voices calling to the driver to stop and Craig had taken his chance and leaped from the back of the van and disappeared into the dark streets of World 's End . |
| 22 | He fell to his knees , buried his head in the grass , feeling that he had lost his chance in that moment . |
| 23 | By then it was too late to enter him for his other preferred Cheltenham Festival target , the Mildmay of Flete Handicap Chase , so he had to take his chance in the big one . |
| 24 | Opening rounds of 85 and 78 at the qualifying school in Montpellier have wrecked his chance of a 1993 tour card and he is close to quitting a game that once promised millionaire status . |