I carried on before she had a chance to respond.
He went on without giving her a chance to respond.
They also never gave him a chance to respond to the charges.
Because I want to give them a fair chance to respond.
So I think it's just a matter of them not having had a chance yet to respond.
She turned and ran from the studio without giving him a chance to respond.
"These sites give us a chance to respond to needs in the area," she said this week.
Then again, she had given him no chance to respond.
We have been given no chance to respond, to offer a defense, to examine evidence.
She hung up before he had a chance to respond.