Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do want a chance to convince you that you do n't have to hate me . |
| 2 | ‘ After hearing your story , I suppose I do have a chance . |
| 3 | ‘ Not in the least now that I 've had a chance to study you him . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ And I 'm not going to commit myself to anything until I 've had a chance to talk to him . ’ |
| 9 | I 've got a chance to go in with a women 's group up Manchester way . |
| 10 | I think I 've got a chance with one I sent off the other day . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I will accept nothing of the sort , Miss Kenton , until I have had a chance to deal with the matter . |
| 12 | That is , if you want to stand a chance of stopping before hitting it . |
| 13 | I told her she might' get a chance , though of course I would have the ultimate control . |
| 14 | You realize you 've missed a chance of meeting King Sebastian ? " |
| 15 | Erm we both feel you 've had a chance in detail and they 'd been quite blank in design . |
| 16 | If the postman knocks on the door to delivery the only parcel you 've received in the past three years , you can guarantee it will be at just before eight on the first Saturday morning you 've had a chance to have a proper lie in for months . |
| 17 | And it seems I wo n't get it until you 've had a chance to simmer down . |
| 18 | And I think this one is better for several reasons , I think you can quite clearly see now once you 've had a chance to look at this , the other one we saw , we , we eliminated this boat , we eliminate that post and this boat , or rather we just have this post and the sea beyond . |
| 19 | She sniffed , and smiled a bit , but not too much because if there is one thing worse than someone who does n't understand you it 's someone who understands perfectly , before you 've had a chance to have a good pout about not being understood . |
| 20 | Erm now you 've had a chance first of all I after our chat er par particularly on the phone and I make notes of people who er I think come well across on the phone because you know how important that is to us . |
| 21 | Okay , hopefully you 've had a chance to make , to make notes on that . |
| 22 | I do n't suppose you 've had a chance to see anything yet . ’ |
| 23 | And then , when you 've had a chance to recover from your victory , we 'll fight the battle again . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Someone jumping to an erroneous conclusion about your needs before you 've had a chance to explain yourself ’ . |
| 25 | I mean at least you 've got a chance that they 're gon na stay with you and er a a a and read the odd paragraph . |
| 26 | because , because there 's a roofrack there and some people do , so that if the bus does turn over at least you 've got a chance to jump out . |
| 27 | Not only is it quicker , in the exam , but every time you press a button , you know , you 've got a chance of pressing the wrong one , or |
| 28 | You 've got a chance then . |
| 29 | No , but if you go in the middle you 've got a chance to wake up . |
| 30 | Where 's the you 've got a chance to go of course . |