Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Egyptian had taken a chance , and it had paid off . |
| 2 | From 19 study trees in one season , fewer than 4% of the total of more than 430 000 seeds produced had a chance of establishing , for 6% were killed by the parrots , 66% fell under the mother trees and 24% germinated in close competitive clumps in faeces . |
| 3 | She preferred to be left alone to handle her problem with Silvia — at least until Silvia had had a chance to keep her word . |
| 4 | Minutes later , at the other end , Roy Gordon failed to accept a chance in front of an open goal . |
| 5 | He would wait another couple of years , he told himself , until Grégoire had had a chance to catch up , and was more confident . |
| 6 | 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 . |