Example sentences of "had [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , though I had missed a chance , the advantages were now all on my side and distinctly in my favour . |
| 2 | At one point , the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her , began helping herself to some port from my tray . |
| 3 | He would wait another couple of years , he told himself , until Grégoire had had a chance to catch up , and was more confident . |
| 4 | The words had leapt out of Tom 's mouth before he had had a chance to stop them . |
| 5 | He wondered what was wrong , wishing he had had a chance to talk to Ruth — though from the expression on her face as she hovered behind Cashman she did n't know either . |
| 6 | She preferred to be left alone to handle her problem with Silvia — at least until Silvia had had a chance to keep her word . |
| 7 | She wished she had taken a chance and kept Angel , for there was no lessening of the pain that parting with her had caused , and no comfort to be found in Newcastle Place . |
| 8 | The Egyptian had taken a chance , and it had paid off . |
| 9 | It was jealousy , I suppose ; the fact that I had spotted a chance they had not , although I could n't get over the suspicion that their reaction to me had something to do with how Liza had told the story . |
| 10 | Had to take a chance . |
| 11 | But there had been a time , early in the nineteenth century , in Shelley 's day , where the head and the heart had stood a chance of marching forward together . |