Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] chance [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amazingly , he only got the chance to go for the try because Cardiff players over-ruled skipper Mike Hall . |
| 2 | Ipswich wasted a chance to reply on the hour when John Wark shot wide with only keeper Seaman to beat and four minutes later Wright slipped Campbell through to complete his hat-trick with a firm shot which left Forrest completely helpless . |
| 3 | The incursion of pagan Galla tribes , who now seized the chance to profit from the chaos and disruption of the Muslim war , did , however , have a lasting effect on large areas . |
| 4 | It seemed he had left in the Casa Guidi a gun of which he was fond , taking only his hunting rifle in case he had the chance to go into the country to shoot rabbits . |
| 5 | ‘ He had the chance to go to the States with them but he said , ‘ No ’ . |
| 6 | Minority groups had the chance to come into the studio and put over their point of view . |
| 7 | I had the chance to audition for the transfer to London cast of Another Country which requires young actors to play seventeen-year-olds . |
| 8 | Bazeley accepted the chance to score from the loose ball . |
| 9 | Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to reflect on the excellent report produced by Professor Glennerster and published by the King 's Fund , which shows that fund-holding practices are more effective and efficient in delivering health care to patients , and that they use their resources much better ? |
| 10 | I shall go into greater detail than my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East had a chance to do on the kinds of investment that can be produced , rather than the consumption boom which the Chancellor hopes for . |
| 11 | The Friendship Store is in the downtown area , and so we had a chance to stop on the way at the Tien An Men Gate ( the famous gate providing an entrance to the forbidden city ) , and Tien An Men Square , Peking 's equivalent of Trafalgar Square , except that it is about 20 times as big , and contains about one-twentieth of the traffic . |
| 12 | Andy worked mainly in the shop , but also had a chance to play with the Hunts as well as with other famous players of the 1970s such as Doug McLelland , John Garner and Peter Dawson . |
| 13 | Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to look at the Order Paper recently ? |
| 14 | ‘ It would give a better idea of the effectiveness of co-operation if the public had a chance to look at the frequency with which bombs are transported into Northern Ireland in vehicles stolen in the Republic . |
| 15 | Later visitors had a chance to look round the factory . |
| 16 | Charles Fleming and I had a chance to look around the beautiful shops , and eat out at the RED SEA PALACE HOTEL ( pure magic by the way ) . |
| 17 | With the help of a native interpreter , Derek had a chance to chat with the Chinese people . |
| 18 | ( 29–30 September 1777 ) On 30 September Mozart finally had a chance to speak with the Elector , only to be told that there was no vacancy at court . |
| 19 | He had no chance to pull to the side of anything . |
| 20 | As the taxi sped them into Rome , Nora had no chance to look at the view ; she was kept busy listening to Louise , who was giving her assessment of the situation . |