Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a good chance " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said .
2 ‘ I thought I had a good chance of winning in the end , ’ Vrabel said .
3 The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them .
4 In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too !
5 In addition I feel well enough physically and to be honest I think I 've a good chance of at least two wins tomorrow . ’
6 ‘ I think I have a good chance of getting the 100 by the end of the year , ’ he said .
7 Er right so as I say it 's a lighthearted approach and on christian name terms and with that in mind would you detach one of these and just stick your name on so that at least if you do n't know then at some stage during the course you stand a good chance of getting to know each other because again the essence of this course is informality and talking .
8 Following this strategy you stand a good chance of getting what you need .
9 So the carbonates , any of the carbonates , heat them you get a good chance of getting the carbon dioxide given off .
10 I thought you had a good chance there . ’
11 The presence of Capellan directors and Eladeldi police did not seem so oppressively dispiriting when you stood a good chance of killing yourself , if you pushed it .
12 There should not be too much uprooting , and you have a good chance of breeding as long as you do not overcrowd .
13 Entering on the French side still wrapped in cloud , you have a good chance of exiting on the Spanish side , as we did on the morning in question , in flawless sunshine and restorative heat .
14 ( e ) Be sure students on your right and on your left as well as those in front of you have a good chance to see the flashcard and understand it .
15 We 've a good chance that way , ’ he said .
16 ‘ I thought we had a good chance of tracing the Spidex people through London .
17 After we left the lake , our friend drove us inland to a forested area where , he assured us we had a good chance of seeing a great grey owl .
18 ‘ We felt we had a good chance and thought we presented our case well . ’
19 But now we have a good chance of going all the way . ’
20 As for the others : we 've trained hard for them and we think we have a good chance in the swimming .
21 At our absolute best , we have a good chance of a favourable result .
22 ‘ He thinks we have a good chance on appeal , ’ said Middlesbrough Liberal Democrat councillor Joe Michna , another leading opponent .
23 Readers may have received mail shots with the Barclaycard logo suggesting that they stand a good chance of winning a six figure sum of money and a car in a prize draw .
24 If you can get them into combat they stand a good chance of winning , but you can guarantee the enemy will do his best to shoot them up first .
25 Birds leave their roosts and take to the skies ; monkeys jump away through the branches to find breakfast , and antelope disperse once more over the open plains to graze , knowing that if danger comes they stand a good chance of seeing it before it gets lethally close .
26 ‘ I take risks , but they 're calculated risks and I would n't take them if I did n't think they had a good chance of succeeding .
27 Even in Wessex and East Anglia the ravaged territories were not always particularly extensive at any one time , and much of the population may have reckoned that they had a good chance of escaping .
28 If a husband and wife can only tell each other how uncomfortable they feel about the change , and how odd it makes them feel , not endlessly or every day , but just to give a place to the fact , then they have a good chance of staying on a fairly positive course .
29 Where these are offering high standards of service and promotional benefits , they have a good chance of success .
30 He and his fellow escapee had been told that if they could get to Marseilles , then in unoccupied France , they stood a good chance of finding a ship bound for England .
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