Sentence examples for getting a crack from inspiring English sources

"But it leads to a sense that they are not getting a crack of the whip.

For some people, no doubt, it's a good way of getting a crack at a prime part, but for many the writing eventually takes over.

He spent four seasons out on loan before finally getting a crack at first-team football with Tottenham and he also had to endure the pain of a one-month ban after breaking betting rules.

Love it or hate it, Americans won't be getting a crack at owning the uniquely styled Civic Tourer; it's for European customers only and is, like other European Civics, a different car from the one sold here.

Fairy terns, after millennia on the cliffs, now roost in the woods, shining white in the green.Whether this all adds up to an emergent whole or a contingent mess, whether life is spreading because its presence makes the island ever more inhabitable or just because more and more invaders are getting a crack at it, no one can say for sure.

"These folks aren't getting a crack at global engagements because they don't have the dots on the map, so to speak," said Donovan Neale-May, president at Neale-May & Partners in Palo Alto, one of eight managing partners at Global Fluency.

By comparison, getting a cracked screen fixed without having AppleCare would cost you $149, so there is some benefit to be had by enrolling.

(Then his wife gets a crack at shooting the weapon).

It's about a slum kid who gets a crack at the heavyweight title.

Fine by me, but that's democracy for you – everybody gets a crack.

Jeremy Kerley will get a crack at returning punts and kicks, with Kyle Wilson the likely fallback option.