Example sentences of "a chance [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elderly relatives did what they could but it meant that all through his life — not that he even survived to forty — there was never a chance to take it a bit easier , no one he could rely on to do the work if he was ill or tired . |
| 2 | Travelogues were immensely popular , people had n't the resources to travel in those days easily unless they were wealthy , and here was a chance to see what the world was like in various places that were inaccessible erm to the average member of the audience . |
| 3 | But Jess was not to hear the rumours or have a chance to ask what a syndicate was , because Sally and Salt came back , and seconds later a rather rosy Mrs Stocks reappeared clutching two bottles of brandy . |
| 4 | You may also get a chance to ask someone a little about the firm and about working conditions . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You went off before I had a chance to thank you the other day … ’ |
| 7 | An advance visit gives you a chance to assess what the firm is like , what the other people are like and also how they dress , so that you can go appropriately dressed for the interview . |
| 8 | You never get a chance to have yourself an evening to relax . |
| 9 | They had gone ahead of their Australian guide and he did not have a chance to warn them the creature — usually docile — lived there . |
| 10 | She thought the remark was odd but before she had a chance to query it the attendant 's phone rang and as he disappeared Rachel went on to the changing-rooms . |
| 11 | ‘ For de Raimes , for believing that bitch at Gloucester even for a minute , for losing my damnable temper and not giving you a chance to tell me the truth . ’ |
| 12 | She rushed up the stairs to the top of the house where she knew her brother 's room was before Nick had a chance to show her the way . |
| 13 | In tennis he will ask his students to call out their estimate of the height of the ball above the net as it crosses from side to side , or he will ask them to shout ‘ Bounce ’ each time the ball bounces and ‘ Hit ’ each time it is hit , giving Self 2 a chance to show what a fluent player he really is . |