Example sentences of "[vb past] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over three-quarters of the taxable imports into England came through the port of London , so that collecting the London duties provided a chance to become very rich ; this was how Sir Thomas 's father had gained his fortune and his title of ‘ Customer ’ Smith . |
| 2 | He remembers to think about his rabbits , ‘ they too deserved a chance ’ . |
| 3 | It 'ud be worse than useless telling them she thought the Cap'n 's slave had rights , needed care and attention and … and … she 'd better speak out before they 'd a chance to ask awkward questions ! |
| 4 | Eastwood spilled a chance near the corner before Steve McNamara capped a tremendous spell of Hull pressure when he slipped Gary Nolan over on the last tackle after 54 minutes . |
| 5 | Allott supported him for a while , and at 278 for 7 , with Lamb on 98 , there seemed a chance that the follow-on might be saved . |
| 6 | So in the winter of 1917–18 murmurs of opposition began to grow louder than at any time since Lloyd George became Prime Minister , the Asquithians revived their interest as they scented a chance to bring Lloyd George down . |
| 7 | QPR hardly made a chance and were given an even bigger mauling by boss Gerry Francis afterwards , who fumed : ‘ This is the first time we have conceded four since we were last here 15 months ago . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When he finally did stop working , it was the first time in a year and a half that everyone involved stopped and got a chance to take a break , and once everyone took a break , things began to change . |
| 10 | I did n't think we would have the opportunity to say things — we all got a chance to speak . |
| 11 | Here , Samuel 's mother knew all about where he was , and she could have tipped off any alleged accomplices long before the solicitor got a chance to do so inadvertently . |
| 12 | ‘ The Steve Cropper connection came about because he and I got a chance to get reacquainted with one another down in Seville at the Guitar Legends concerts . |
| 13 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 14 | My parents went absolutely nuts because all my family are coal miners — my grandfathers , my uncles — and the idea was that if you got a chance you did n't go down the pit , but I wanted to . |
| 15 | Reckon he 'd be generous if he got a chance like that . " |
| 16 | I never got a chance to defend myself and I would n't have known the right thing to say if I had . |
| 17 | I eventually got a chance to read the South Wales Aggregates Working Party 's Regional Commentary which has been sitting on my desk for months . |
| 18 | So that each member of staff got a chance to give her own opinion , the staff were interviewed individually . |
| 19 | Christy O'Connor Jnr played on the second morning and Jose Maria Canizares in the afternoon and although they did n't give me any points I felt it was important that they got a chance to taste the atmosphere and feel a part of the proceedings , as I thought that it would help them going into the singles . |
| 20 | It just occurred to me that not everyone got a chance to see the FA Youth Cup Final ! |
| 21 | They certainly got a chance to do that . |
| 22 | But er it was quite interesting and er more or less you got a chance of going through the departments when you were before your time was out . |
| 23 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 24 | I 'm glad it went there , because we all got a chance to see it , but the chances are it would have come to us and , and fitted much more snugly if you like . |
| 25 | If we score got a chance and we had the chances to score first half , did n't take them obviously and we get the goal , right time , they went a bit nervous , and we went on did n't we — we could have won it . |
| 26 | Standards went by the board as they sensed a chance to break Drexel 's dominance of the junk-bond business . |
| 27 | Khruschev sensed a chance to humiliate the young President , who had recently failed in an attempt to overthrow the left-wing government of Fidel Castro in the Caribbean island of Cuba . |
| 28 | As one of five kids living in the shadow of Filbert Street , Dublin wrote to clubs all over the country and landed a chance at Norwich . |
| 29 | Mark needed a chance to realize that his parents understood how he felt and that lots of other older brothers feel the same way towards their young sisters . |
| 30 | He egged on — and his interior minister armed — the Serb politicians of Croatia and Bosnia , small-town professional men who fancied a chance of fame as Serb patriots . |