Example sentences of "i 'd [vb pp] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You can tell the difference by their boots , ’ Irena told me before I 'd had a chance to ask the question . |
| 3 | But at least I 'd had a chance by then to check out the bit of her which Catherine likes least . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . " |
| 6 | But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you . |
| 7 | ‘ I know what you 're thinking , ’ she said before I 'd had a chance to say anything . |