Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] their chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even with or maybe because of the structure put in place so far ( UX No 418 ) , its still getting that taste of an old-boys network up yonder and wonders where the key visionary , operations , financial analysis and strategy talent is going to come from , or when DEC 's youngbloods are going to get their chance . |
| 2 | The dinosaurs took over instead ; and it is tempting to suggest that the mammals failed to seize their chance precisely because the dinosaurs beat them to it : in the first encounter , if such it was , the dinosaurs won . |
| 3 | Rare woods , special inlays , great tone and the knowledge that you 'll be the envy of everyone who has n't got one , and by the end of the year they 'll have missed their chance , too . |
| 4 | There they drank beer and vodka , and decided to take their chance in Berlin . |
| 5 | So whether changes in sexist language are a ‘ natural ’ outcome of women 's changing experience , or whether they are deliberate , conscious reforms , they are not just left to take their chance in a linguistic free market . |
| 6 | With the San Fransisco 49ers beating Minnesota Vikings 20-17 , the Cowboys now seem to have lost their chance to stage all their play-off games at home . |
| 7 | Nutty was jealous of Nails 's riding Switchback with Biddy all to himself every night but had to admit it had saved their chance for the competition . |
| 8 | I did their first demos with them , and took the opportunity of telling them a few facts of life , saying that while it was nice to play guitar , if at the end of the line they were all broke then they were going to be very unhappy musicians who had missed their chance to be big , and so they had better take care of certain realities and do it right away . |
| 9 | The Stuarts had had their chance and failed to seize it . |
| 10 | If LWT ‘ had to have their chance ’ then ABC was out in the cold . |
| 11 | The modernizers have had their chance . |
| 12 | " They have to take their chance with wind and tide , my dear , like all of us . " |