Example sentences of "[vb past] at the chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | She snatched at the chance to make small talk while she got her emotions strictly under control again . |
| 2 | ‘ However , I leapt at the chance of studying art in Paris . |
| 3 | OLYMPIC high jump champion Heike Henkel leaped at the chance when she was asked to star with top model Naomi Campbell in a fashion shoot . |
| 4 | For many of us , Betty Jackson 's clothes are simply too expensive so we jumped at the chance to feature the latest Betty Jackson Vogue patterns . |
| 5 | When he suggested Peter , of course I jumped at the chance — Peter was winning absolutely everything . |
| 6 | Chapman jumped at the chance , but the Cobblers ' supporters were determined that Walden should stay , and a ‘ shilling fund ’ was set up to thwart the designs of their former manager . |
| 7 | When I jumped at the chance , he assigned me to producing the Mart Kenney Orchestra show from the Hotel Vancouver roof garden . |
| 8 | Ted jumped at the chance to work with Eva and Dad , partly out of nosiness — to see what freedom had made of Dad , and could perhaps make of Ted — and partly out of the returning appetite for labour . |
| 9 | Selleck , 47 , above , jumped at the chance to present The Practical Guide to the Universe . |
| 10 | ‘ When Blackburn came in for me , they were well down the old Second Division , but I jumped at the chance . |
| 11 | UNITED 'S £1million striker Dion Dublin jumped at the chance to go to Old Trafford Picture : DENNIS HUSSEY |
| 12 | He had liaised closely with him as a handler until his transfer to the Operations Planning Department , but Whitlock never really got on with his new handler and jumped at the chance to work with Philpott again . |
| 13 | Naturally I jumped at the chance . ’ |
| 14 | So you jumped at the chance , but it is , I think th th poverty wage in Europe is it not , not about a hundred and forty , a hundred and forty five pounds ? |
| 15 | Relieved yet disappointed , and furious at her own inconsistency , Polly jumped at the chance to learn a new skill . |
| 16 | He jumped at the chance . |
| 17 | ‘ I had always been interested in flying kites ever since I was young , so when someone offered me one for sale , I jumped at the chance , ’ added , whose wife has also become hooked on the sport . |
| 18 | During a period when Crawford was moving swiftly between film , television and theatre , he jumped at the chance to act on the American stage for the first time . |
| 19 | Crawford jumped at the chance to star alongside Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau in a Hollywood musical , having just turned down 10,000 to appear in a British film . |
| 20 | I worked in Norwich for two years and got my City and Guilds in hairdressing , but when I saw an advertisement for a receptionist 's job at a local company ( now ) I jumped at the chance . |
| 21 | I was lucky enough to be offered this house to rent , so I jumped at the chance . |
| 22 | Hardly daring to believe her good fortune , Luce had heaped blessings on the man she scarcely remembered , and jumped at the chance . |
| 23 | Then he was offered the chance to be artist in residence at Slimbridge and jumped at the chance to stage his own exhibition . |
| 24 | Actor , Anthony Hopkins , explains that he jumped at the chance to play a part in the film . |
| 25 | Mrs Froggat jumped at the chance . |
| 26 | I jumped at the chance , ’ said Mr Humble . |
| 27 | I signed him for Middlesbrough , and I jumped at the chance to sign him again here . |
| 28 | ‘ So I jumped at the chance to join Celtic , a club steeped in tradition and history . |
| 29 | MOST people , when they reach the age of 80 , would be enjoying the fruits of retirement but Father Anthony Cunningham jumped at the chance of a new job . |
| 30 | Swinton jumped at the chance to film Orlando and was involved in the project virtually from the outset . |