Example sentences of "that i [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it was that I had a chance of discarding or of adapting to my own purpose the fine words and infinite variety of constructions which I had formerly admired from afar off and imitated in fairly cold blood . |
| 2 | The awful thing is that I had a chance to meet him . |
| 3 | But if so I felt that I had a chance of retrieving the situation , once I 'd made the Fraxillian delivery . |
| 4 | Being a fair-minded person and still hoping that I had a chance to get a cultural stew going , I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) , but he did not give me a chance either . |
| 5 | I was very green and , to be honest , when Ricky McFarlane quit St Mirren it never occurred to me that I had a chance of getting the job . |