Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [art] chance " in BNC.
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| 31 | This was the old slug 's vicious inheritance , Carson thought bitterly , to dump the money on me before I 'd had a chance to learn how to fight for it or to handle it and too late for it to be of any real use . |
| 32 | When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . " |
| 33 | But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you . |
| 34 | He would n't say any more until he 'd had a chance to talk it over with a friend , he said . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ I know what you 're thinking , ’ she said before I 'd had a chance to say anything . |
| 36 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 37 | Before she 'd had a chance to react , to jump off the bed and snatch the towel , seize some kind of weapon to defend herself from whoever it was prowling around , the bedroom door swung open and the light clicked on . |
| 38 | She was n't going to risk being thrashed again in conversation , not yet , not until she 'd had a chance to recharge her worn batteries . |
| 39 | She 'd had no chance even to tell David that her family would be at OBEX the following day , so it could be as much a shock for him seeing Jennifer as it would be for her sister . |
| 40 | The twins , both 22 , though Kevin is 11 minutes older , pulled no punches in the welterweight bout and Steve tells Associated Press : ‘ If I 'd had the chance , I 'd have knocked him out . ’ |
| 41 | Not once had he tried to take advantage of her and he 'd had the chance . |
| 42 | She was reported as seeing it as a serious matter and thought the fine by the court was not enough : ‘ I 'd have chopped his hand off if I 'd had the chance ’ . |
| 43 | Would we not have heard again a hubbub of outrage , complaints that the Coalition ought to have flattened Baghdad when they 'd had the chance , a chorus of demands that Saddam be taken out now … |
| 44 | I enjoy the more wishy-washy concepts — I wish perhaps I 'd had the chance to do a physics and philosophy option — and it seems to me that when we do things like quantum physics nobody bothers very much with the concepts that that presents — they just tend to give you all the theory . |
| 45 | If I 'd had the chance , I would have finished what I 'd begun . ’ |
| 46 | If only she 'd had the chance to ask him why he 'd had the affair . |
| 47 | It was the sort of thing I 'd have done I suppose if I 'd had the chance . |
| 48 | And she could have done it again if only she 'd had the chance . |
| 49 | Leading the way up to Terry 's room , fervently wishing she 'd left this madhouse when she 'd had the chance , Ellie stood back for Terry to enter first . |
| 50 | ‘ I sure would have , if I 'd had the chance . |
| 51 | Mechanisms could easily be incorporated to reduce the chance of name and ethnicity determining the likelihood of being shortlisted , as well as to monitor discrimination . |
| 52 | The wounded who seemed to have a chance of recovery were left on the jeeps and were sped off down through the village to the dressing stations on the other side of the River Orne . |
| 53 | He 'd taken a chance and he 'd been found out . |
| 54 | Are you going to sacrifice the chance to help Chester 's on the altar of your pride and independence , Virginia ? ’ |
| 55 | That got home to him He certainly was n't going to miss the chance of making a few bob out of someone with money to spend . |
| 56 | Teachers must be prepared not only to defend their subject but positively to advance its cause in a hostile climate if history is going to stand a chance of surviving . |
| 57 | This was the crunch match they really had to win to stand a chance of staying up . |
| 58 | And , in an unprecedented move , Reddy has also offered Fry the chance to buy his shareholding in the club . |
| 59 | It was decided to recall Blake to London in a manner that would not arouse his suspicions so a message was sent to Nicholas Elliott , chief of MI6 in Beirut , who got in touch with Blake and said that London would like to discuss a chance of promotion and a new job with him . |
| 60 | She disliked travelling by road and was going to seize the chance to have the flat re-carpeted . |