Example sentences of "[vb base] have a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Preece scored the second-half goal that earned them their first win in seven games and , though they remain in the bottom three , they do have a chance of making the Premier League . |
| 2 | ‘ After hearing your story , I suppose I do have a chance . |
| 3 | ‘ Not in the least now that I 've had a chance to study you him . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I like animals but I do n't like being told what to think before I 've had a chance to make up my own mind ! ’ |
| 5 | Erm we both feel you 've had a chance in detail and they 'd been quite blank in design . |
| 6 | If the postman knocks on the door to delivery the only parcel you 've received in the past three years , you can guarantee it will be at just before eight on the first Saturday morning you 've had a chance to have a proper lie in for months . |
| 7 | And it seems I wo n't get it until you 've had a chance to simmer down . |
| 8 | Once I 've met everyone and we 've had a chance to get to know one another , they 'll see no reason to continue this quarrel . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes . |
| 10 | And I think this one is better for several reasons , I think you can quite clearly see now once you 've had a chance to look at this , the other one we saw , we , we eliminated this boat , we eliminate that post and this boat , or rather we just have this post and the sea beyond . |
| 11 | She sniffed , and smiled a bit , but not too much because if there is one thing worse than someone who does n't understand you it 's someone who understands perfectly , before you 've had a chance to have a good pout about not being understood . |
| 12 | ‘ Until we 've had a chance to go through his papers . |
| 13 | The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm |
| 14 | Erm now you 've had a chance first of all I after our chat er par particularly on the phone and I make notes of people who er I think come well across on the phone because you know how important that is to us . |
| 15 | Okay , hopefully you 've had a chance to make , to make notes on that . |
| 16 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 17 | ‘ And I 'm not going to commit myself to anything until I 've had a chance to talk to him . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't suppose you 've had a chance to see anything yet . ’ |
| 19 | And then , when you 've had a chance to recover from your victory , we 'll fight the battle again . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Someone jumping to an erroneous conclusion about your needs before you 've had a chance to explain yourself ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Good , live firing 's just stopped and if the last few nights are anything to go by , we 'll be hearing from the battlegroup soon , once their own fitters have had a chance to check out the day 's casualties. , |
| 22 | It is often said that children have their lives before them and to die before they have had a chance to develop their personalities and lives seems particularly cruel . |
| 23 | ‘ I will accept nothing of the sort , Miss Kenton , until I have had a chance to deal with the matter . |
| 24 | We shall not make any comments about this until we have had a chance to inspect a longer time span . |
| 25 | As they are marginally faster , the ability to begin fleeing before they have had a chance to accelerate to full speed is crucial . |
| 26 | If , however , you should fall asleep the finger immediately goes into your mouth and down your throat and wakes you before the cameramen have had a chance to snap their shutters . |
| 27 | It is simply a method of inhibiting or stopping your debtor from cashing in his assets and putting them out of your reach before you have had a chance to recover what is owed to you . |
| 28 | If you are not sure about their comfort , then do n't buy until you have had a chance to try other boots elsewhere . |
| 29 | If it is too strong , the soil will be dry before the animals have had a chance to move out of it and they will die in the soil . |
| 30 | I would imagine that the er parties on my left have had a chance to read and consider these erm statements already . |