Example sentences of "have [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which was good for me ; if I had directed it in 1979 it would n't have had a chance . ’ |
| 2 | Then , likely as not , he would hardly have had a chance to open his mouth before the Collector would be off again . |
| 3 | You will probably have had a chance to practise with the hand-held mask at antenatal class . |
| 4 | And you 're quite sure that while the car was down in Streatley , the thieves who I 'm after would n't have had a chance to take it and use it for their break-in ? ’ |
| 5 | You would n't have had a chance . ’ |
| 6 | Above all he turned his anger towards Kenamun , who , on grounds of security , had forbidden Huy to visit the scene of the third murder when it came to light , where he might have had a chance at last of studying the circumstances of death . |
| 7 | But erm we had a sort of a spectrum you know it covered such a wide well area if you like of er of engineering that one would n't have had a chance to have a any contact with in in any other works , you 'd be doing as one certain sphere you know a certain type of work , and there you are you that 's your lot eh ? |
| 8 | When the Minister next meets the chairmen of the health boards in Scotland , will he have had a chance to study the correspondence from Tayside about the relocation of the casualty department of Dundee royal infirmary to a green-field site at Ninewells ? |
| 9 | He , too , will have had a chance to study the fourth report of the Committee for Monitoring Agreements on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship , several paragraphs of which deal with the targeting of tobacco advertising at young people . |
| 10 | I feel I would have had a chance of breaking my North West ‘ duck ’ . |
| 11 | both players have agreed their personal terms long ago and at least haaland will travel to england to join forest on new years day.none of these two players would have had a chance under the old rules for work permits — both are under-21 's for norway and both have not been playing for norways world cup team . |
| 12 | He 'll have had a chance to sleep . |
| 13 | If she 'd taken her courage in both hands , and told him of her true feelings , they might have had a chance to work something out . |
| 14 | ‘ I might have had a chance if the fates had n't conspired against me , but my left leg 's still giving me some stick . |
| 15 | Thought I might have got a chance at Pat Weaver , but you 're too efficient for me , Mister Doyle . ’ |
| 16 | We can not know whether a British Government that genuinely wanted a Russian alliance could have produced a different result — but it would have stood a chance . |
| 17 | ‘ Without funds being raised he would n't have stood a chance . |
| 18 | ‘ A few moments later and he would not have stood a chance . ’ |
| 19 | You should have nipped into the Gulf of Corinth — you might have stood a chance there . ’ |
| 20 | After Alan Duff , very few teachers ' books would have stood a chance . ’ |
| 21 | By such means it could win trust and acceptance of ideas that would seldom have stood a chance when presented through public oratory . |
| 22 | Dougal did n't struggle : even if he could have got out of the duvet , he would n't have stood a chance . |
| 23 | Now had I known about this it the time , of course he would not have stood a chance of getting into the RAF . |
| 24 | If I 'd known that , I would n't have stood a chance . ’ |
| 25 | In any case , with the church deserted it would be quite safe I felt certain — provided there were no more nasty shocks , I 'd have to take a chance on that — to descend . |
| 26 | I 'll have to take a chance wo n't I ? |
| 27 | And that she 'll just have to take a chance tonight . |