1.   While she was desperately trying to think of something -- anything!

2.   And I let the opportunity pass.

3.   But the opportunity passed, Bryant hit his last seven shots and the Lakers were suddenly in a runaway.

4.   He has seldom spoken with more seamless ease than he did on Friday, but while Clinton was talking, the opportunity passed yet again.

5.   He patiently waited for his opportunity to pass Labonte, and saw it with eight laps remaining.

6.   He let each opportunity pass -- turning a potential ally into an enemy.

7.   He urged Democrats and Republicans not to let the opportunity pass because of partisan squabbling.

8.   It is a fear that opportunity will pass this way but once.

9.   Nedved did not allow the opportunity to pass.

10.   Nothing panics a parent more than realizing that an opportunity has passed without being seized.