Example sentences of "given [pers pn] [art] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But once Northants had given me a chance , I did think I had the talent . |
| 2 | There is very little actual fish catching to report this month , so with things being slow it has given me a chance to read up on fish nutrition , something I have a reasonable knowledge of due to once working in one of the then leading fish culture units at Aston University . |
| 3 | In fact I broadcast that material , but I cut it into three programmes , and I , I cut in the questions I would have asked if he 'd actually given me a chance to ask them . |
| 4 | Signing for Salford and gaining the captaincy of Wales has given me the chance to prove myself . ’ |
| 5 | It 's a compliment in itself that they 've given me the chance … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 7 | It 's given me the chance to look further into two books that I 've really enjoyed reading than I ever usually would . |
| 8 | It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really . |
| 9 | Now the Russian Revolution has once again given you the chance to take the initiative yourselves . |
| 10 | Now at last the successful bowel and liver transplant carried out in America has given her the chance of a normal future . |
| 11 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 12 | He said to me that God had given him a chance to expiate his past life , and that was what he was going to do . |
| 13 | Virgin , it could be argued , had given him a chance when nobody else would . |
| 14 | And had she given him a chance to explain ? |
| 15 | The answer came suddenly , a slap in the face that made her wince : because , on the only occasion when Merrill had actually confronted him with her suspicions — had brought them right out into the open — she had n't given him a chance to explain . |
| 16 | The magistrates chairman told foster parents had given him a chance — it was now up to him to take it . |
| 17 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I have given it a chance . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's given us a chance to improve our over all strategic attitude by shortening our supply lines , you see . ’ |
| 21 | If we 'd have gone for plc status first , then it would have given us the chance to work as a proper company . |