Example sentences of "chance of [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was a fifty-fifty chance of saving someone on the verge of death , ’ one source close to the surgeons said .
2 George felt anxious that he had had no opportunity to be alone with Tamar , and so there had been no chance of warning her about the groom .
3 She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely .
4 If your foe stoops on a ground unit and is locked in combat you 'll have a good chance of catching him in the flanks .
5 Erm he 'll erm if they accept it it 'll it 'll stand a chance of getting them to the main group .
6 ‘ Because of the angle I had no chance of getting it over the bar with my right foot so I simply hit it with the left and it went over . ’
7 She wondered if there was the faintest chance of impressing them with the significance of her position .
8 ‘ There 's no chance of seeing you through the day is there ? ’
9 If she did n't remainder the dragon , she could forget her chance of freeing herself of the D-9000 .
10 Because if we turn back , said her mind , then you will be going away from Nuadu , you will be losing what might be the only chance of rescuing him from the Robemaker .
11 If the chest is forced open , the same trap will be triggered , save that there 's no chance of defusing it with the extra lock-turn .
12 Lewis added : ‘ Bowe 's stripping has robbed me of the chance of beating him in the ring .
13 The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend .
14 MANAGER Ray Hankin blasted his side for ‘ defending like amateurs ’ after errors cost Quakers the chance of lifting themselves off the bottom of the table .
15 Er the chance of rejecting everything on the table , well he 's now taking it back and he accepts the point , the point about the Regional Policy and he accepts the point about a National Policy .
16 Month by month , the chances of saving anything from the wreckage of Bosnia grow less .
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