Example sentences of "he had a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a chance now to tell on Lee , to get him off his back , out of Jubilee Wood . |
| 2 | He had played the first round , but before he had a chance even to hit a ball in the second he was out of the pre-qualifier , suffering from injuries he had received in a car accident with his caddie . |
| 3 | The second from the rebound was blocked on the line by Trevor Steven , and before he had a chance to roll the ball home David Robertson lashed it away . |
| 4 | We brought him to Lingfield last week and he went so well on the sand , we thought he had a chance today , ’ said the trainer . |
| 5 | In 1918 Sanders thought he had a chance to become Chief Secretary for Ireland , but was soon reduced to considering himself as a possible Speaker ; in 1921 he was passed over for Chief Whip because it did not suit the coalition to have such a partisan in so sensitive a post . |
| 6 | Not that John-William was particularly opposed to revolution if he thought he had a chance of winning . |
| 7 | Nona shook her head before he had a chance to offer her anything . |
| 8 | He might die before he had a chance to speak at all . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps he felt he had a chance to help , ’ Theodora said . |
| 10 | X. Ray stayed quiet because he had a chance , as would Osvaldo in his place . |
| 11 | Before he had a chance to respond , Clara had moved on to Tracy Johnson . |
| 12 | So Travis stayed the night on their couch , with the only bonus for him being that , bleary-eyed and hung-over the next morning , he had a chance to have a brief word with Rosemary before she went to her computer programmer 's job . |
| 13 | Ruth was as agile as a dolphin in the water and she was away from him before he had a chance to stop her . |
| 14 | I thought if he had a chance he would kill us . ’ |