Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [art] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has had a chance to air their views about what should be done with young offenders — everyone , that is , except the young people themselves . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You can tell the difference by their boots , ’ Irena told me before I 'd had a chance to ask the question . |
| 4 | But at least I 'd had a chance by then to check out the bit of her which Catherine likes least . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . " |
| 7 | But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you . |
| 8 | ‘ I know what you 're thinking , ’ she said before I 'd had a chance to say anything . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If I 'd had the chance , I would have finished what I 'd begun . ’ |
| 13 | It was the sort of thing I 'd have done I suppose if I 'd had the chance . |
| 14 | ‘ I sure would have , if I 'd had the chance . |
| 15 | But I do want a chance to convince you that you do n't have to hate me . |
| 16 | ‘ Naturally , although I do n't like him personally , I do like the chance of widening my knowledge . ’ |
| 17 | I must admit I like a shower but then again I do like the chance to have a bath now and again |
| 18 | ‘ After hearing your story , I suppose I do have a chance . |
| 19 | But I did have the chance of an exhibition , and it was just at that time , and I was working hard , and she — she , well , I suppose she was a distraction . ’ |
| 20 | However , though I had missed a chance , the advantages were now all on my side and distinctly in my favour . |
| 21 | And that 's one of the reasons I ended up I ended up in in Brothers because I had missed the chance to go into work with the Bank you see . |
| 22 | It was jealousy , I suppose ; the fact that I had spotted a chance they had not , although I could n't get over the suspicion that their reaction to me had something to do with how Liza had told the story . |
| 23 | At one point , the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her , began helping herself to some port from my tray . |
| 24 | I would have done it if I had had the chance , but somebody got there first . |
| 25 | ‘ Not in the least now that I 've had a chance to study you him . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , I like animals but I do n't like being told what to think before I 've had a chance to make up my own mind ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes . |
| 28 | The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm |
| 29 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 30 | ‘ And I 'm not going to commit myself to anything until I 've had a chance to talk to him . ’ |