Women grabbed the chance to opt out of their periods.

She should grab the chance to do some research while she had it.

I grabbed the chance and quickly backed up the entire movies folder.

You'd have thought, being young and healthy, she'd have grabbed the chance.

Instead of partying and panhandling in Hollywood, he could grab the chance to lead.

He grabbed the chance, but not before being prepped by his teenage son, Antoine.

And never invest to grab the chance of a lifetime; there will always be another chance.

She might be grabbing the chance to nap.

He grabbed the chance, thumb hard on the firing button, and saw all his shots pass far behind its tail.

During breathers, grab the chance to gaze into the rainforest lining the river.

But now they're having a heated debate about script changes, so I grabbed the chance to escape for a few minutes.'

We'll come away empty if we don't grab the chance when we get it."

Oliver Bennett grabs the chance to explore one of the world's finest fortified cities.

Here's hoping the kids grab the chance.

And a computer-aided textile design system.' she began formally, keen to grab the chance to put the firm in a good light.

Grab the chances as they come along!

He grabbed the chance to freshen up in the bath off the quondam sewing room.

But I did stay home from church and prepared a picnic lunch, and grabbed the chance for an extra bath.

Kostoglotov grabbed the chance to slip in another question.

A few photographers grabbed the chance of selling off some of these images as erotica.

"And now we're glad to grab the chance!

She saw an opportunity tonight to wipe out the entire group of apprentices in one go, so she grabbed the chance without calling on you.

When the illusion maidens were out of the room, Gary grabbed the chance to talk to Iris.

I better grab the chance now.

Quote: "Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been."

Her philosophy echoed Arthur Ransome's: "Grab a chance and don't be sorry for a might-have-been."

At 9:33 p.m. in Washington on March 19 (5:33 a.m. the next day in Baghdad), the Bush administration grabbed a chance to end the war with one bold strike.

'Sorry Ingmar, small point,' said Corker, grabbing a chance to show that she was listening and on the ball. . . 'You mean rid us of jams.'

Doctors, nurses and paramedics left the remains of a Chinese take-out dinner, noted the score of the football game on a lounge television and grabbed a chance to visit the bathroom.

Grabbing a chance to be a media star, the never-retiring Miss Piggy fills in for Shelly Snipes (Ms. MacDowell) as anchor of the "UFOmania Show."

If Mr. Pataki wants to be seen as a moderate reformer during a convention in which moderate reformers appear to be the official theme, he had better grab a chance to actually win some credentials.

Yes, a lot of kisses then, and a lot of tears, openly on her part, secretly on his, when he unplighted his troths and grabbed a chance for an immediate berth on a'Mars ship.

It was hard to tell whether this pre-emption talk was a tentative step toward a more assertive Japan or a devoted client's nod to the Bush doctrine or simply a shrewd politician grabbing a chance to expand his budget.

Insisting that the United States is not trying to impose a settlement on Israel, Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright offered a broad defense of American policy in the Middle East today and urged Israel to move quickly to grab a chance for peace.