Example sentences of "him the chance [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He chose for his format the imperial folio size ( 22 x 16½in/59 x 42cm ) considerably smaller than Audubon 's double elephant , but still affording him the chance to draw most of his subjects life-size . |
| 2 | Handing Charles that seemingly harmless role gave him the chance to spend yet more time with the woman he still admired . |
| 3 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 4 | Never give him the chance to recover . |
| 5 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 6 | Tonight she would n't give him the chance to do his disappearing act . |
| 7 | It is a blow to the American who was hoping that yesterday 's inquiry would give him the chance to press for an amendment to the existing whip rules . |
| 8 | She had left the previous night without speaking to him , without giving him the chance to say how sorry he was . |
| 9 | Still just 18 , GREGOR TOWNSEND 's precociously talented displays have earned him the chance to go head-to-head with Michael Lynagh this summer . |
| 10 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 11 | He had spoken to his solicitor earlier , and the officer offered him the chance to see a solicitor , which was declined . |
| 12 | A local drilling operation , which is in negotiations with a number of families in the area , invited Andrew to join a trip to visit the homelands , giving him the chance to see the local population 's lifestyle at first hand . |
| 13 | His Oscar brought him further worthwhile film roles , often allowing him the chance to sing , as in Young at Heart and The Joker is Wild , but to turn in fine performances also . |
| 14 | Gerard Fusil , a French radio journalist , suffers the same insatiable affliction as Francoise , along with hundreds of other amateurs who want to cheat death with a dramatic natural backdrop , but his connections within the French media gave him the chance to create an annual event to satisfy even the most daredevil adventurer . |
| 15 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |
| 16 | That gave him the chance to exercise one of his talents , as a teacher , but he was also a bit of a musician , and soon established himself as the organist at the parish church in Holloway . |
| 17 | He was running short of petrol and that route offered him the chance to capture replenishments along the way . |
| 18 | Dave Berrow , who has had committments to his Browing Starlets side which has cost him the chance to fish some possible points earning events , admits that the draw bag has n't been kind to him for quite a while . |
| 19 | For the brutal oriental still held one ace up his sleeve , should they give him the chance to play it . |
| 20 | Branfoot said : ‘ I will give him the chance to show what he can do . ’ |
| 21 | Being signed by Hampshire as replacement for Andy Roberts just a few months after his Test debut gave him the chance to impress Clive Lloyd in county matches and in 1982 he really came good with 134 wickets , the best season 's haul since the reduction in championship matches in 1969 . |
| 22 | A scheme set up by the Benevolent Fund gave him the chance to learn to fly . |
| 23 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
| 24 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 25 | And whereas on the stage he had the words of Christopher Fry or the presence of John Gielgud — both of which drew out his respect and so his best shots — in films generally he would have a leaky script and brief takes — neither giving him the chance to wind up and deliver . |
| 26 | She had to make sure that she avoided him in the future and never gave him the chance to pull any more stunts like that ! |
| 27 | Vic Brown in John Schlesinger 's A Kind of Loving ( 1962 ) settles for telly-watching inanity within marriage , while Billy Liar in the same director 's 1963 film turns away from the girl who offers him the chance to fulfil his ambitions in London . |
| 28 | One thing America has done for Lemmy is to afford him the chance to fulfil an ambition … |
| 29 | Fortunately , from the point of view of the tsar , the Khan of Bukhara was pro-Russian and gave him the chance to threaten Khiva from the rear . |
| 30 | A fortnight later from Bradford , another set of solicitors rang up , explained that they understood the circumstances , said Look c could I hold the stuff there and what was I going to charge for the storage etcetera , er and they would be going to have to get an affidavit from this lady in Australia at some stage in order to give er him the chance to have the stuff back . |