Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You can tell the difference by their boots , ’ Irena told me before I 'd had a chance to ask the question . |
| 3 | But at least I 'd had a chance by then to check out the bit of her which Catherine likes least . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . " |
| 6 | But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you . |
| 7 | ‘ I know what you 're thinking , ’ she said before I 'd had a chance to say anything . |
| 8 | But I do want a chance to convince you that you do n't have to hate me . |
| 9 | ‘ After hearing your story , I suppose I do have a chance . |
| 10 | However , though I had missed a chance , the advantages were now all on my side and distinctly in my favour . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Not in the least now that I 've had a chance to study you him . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ And I 'm not going to commit myself to anything until I 've had a chance to talk to him . ’ |
| 19 | I 've got a chance to go in with a women 's group up Manchester way . |
| 20 | I think I 've got a chance with one I sent off the other day . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I will accept nothing of the sort , Miss Kenton , until I have had a chance to deal with the matter . |
| 22 | Or do you want to have a chance to say something in the light of the way the discussion 's progressed during the day ? |
| 23 | That is , if you want to stand a chance of stopping before hitting it . |
| 24 | Is she aware that the Feltham visitors ' report , which I am sure she has had a chance to read , said that there were only 24 workshop training places for 256 young people ? |
| 25 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 26 | She 'd missed a chance to go skating with Auntie Joan and when she came downstairs , she found she 'd missed a visit from Grandpa as well . |
| 27 | Before she 'd had a chance to react , to jump off the bed and snatch the towel , seize some kind of weapon to defend herself from whoever it was prowling around , the bedroom door swung open and the light clicked on . |
| 28 | She was n't going to risk being thrashed again in conversation , not yet , not until she 'd had a chance to recharge her worn batteries . |
| 29 | I told her she might' get a chance , though of course I would have the ultimate control . |
| 30 | You did have a chance to see her when you went back and she was standing by the bed with the light on . |