Sentence examples for had leaped at from inspiring English sources

She had leaped at the invitation.

The estate agent had gussied up the history of the place in the brochure — a traditional coaching inn, original beams, visited by Thackeray, heritage bleeding out the wazoo, etc. — and I had leaped at it.

It also appeared to him that many wealthy investors had leapt at Mr. Falor's deals.

The two men had leapt at the chance to marry in the hope of securing permanent resident status for Mr. Sullivan, an Australian citizen.

If it had been a perfect toss -- if "shock and awe" had killed the Iraqi will to resist, if the weapons of mass destruction had been found, if Iraqi children had strewn the paths of American tanks with flowers, if the Iraqis had leapt at the chance to have an American-style democracy -- Bush would be a genius today, and I'd be an idiot.

The city has leaped at the chance for cross-promotion.

The sweater wasn't something I would have leaped at.

Nonetheless, investors and drug companies have leaped at the notion of cancer stem cells.

Viruses, worms, and spyware are on the rise, and entrepreneurs have leaped at the chance to make a buck off the fears they inspire.

Would they have leaped at the throat of an attacker, like Buff of "Buff: A Collie" or Lad in "The Juggernaut"?

Then on Monday, she was replaced by Michele Tafoya, who possesses the kind of experience that Fred Gaudelli, the producer of "Monday Night Football," should have leaped at last year.