Example sentences of "[art] chance [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( Would he seize the chance to give her a message , without her mother seeing through her ruse ?
2 Stepping is the new fashion in exercise and if you have n't tried it this could be the chance to give it a go .
3 He and her mother were more than welcome , she would delight in the chance to show them the treasure that was hers , but leave it she would not .
4 The elderly relatives did what they could but it meant that all through his life — not that he even survived to forty — there was never a chance to take it a bit easier , no one he could rely on to do the work if he was ill or tired .
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 They had gone ahead of their Australian guide and he did not have a chance to warn them the creature — usually docile — lived there .
7 She thought the remark was odd but before she had a chance to query it the attendant 's phone rang and as he disappeared Rachel went on to the changing-rooms .
8 ‘ For de Raimes , for believing that bitch at Gloucester even for a minute , for losing my damnable temper and not giving you a chance to tell me the truth . ’
9 She rushed up the stairs to the top of the house where she knew her brother 's room was before Nick had a chance to show her the way .
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