Example sentences of "[prep] [art] chance [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having used a good CAVOK day absorbing its contents , I ca n't wait for the chance to get out and put some of Harvey Plourde 's theories to the test in my Champ — Bob Grimstead . |
| 2 | ‘ A double agent can be tripled ’ — or , presumably by the same token , quadrupled or quintupled — since he does n't necessarily know where one stage ends and the next begins , particularly in the case of a Russian who has left the pre-Glasnost USSR not for reasons of ideology , but for the chance to work out his physical theories on an up-to-date computer . |
| 3 | In popular mythology poisonous snakes are always ready and waiting for the chance to strike out and kill their attackers . |
| 4 | ROD WALLACE last night pleaded for the chance to make up for his England heartache , writes John Edwards . |
| 5 | No doubt he had observed her talking to the Shergolds and was itching for the chance to find out what she knew . |
| 6 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |
| 7 | After a visit to such a museum I 'm always left pining for a chance to seek out my own sample of the lovely stuff . |
| 8 | Like all fathers , I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf . |