Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] have had [art] chance " in BNC.
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1 | On a turgid turner that had thwarted the seamers ' efforts until the 199th over of the match , Essex required a further 29 to avoid the follow-on on the final morning with four wickets intact , only to be denied by a spell of 3 for 1 in 14 deliveries that ultimately allowed Nick Cook to give the hosts ( and Britannic Assurance Championship leaders ) a right old grilling in the second dig ; but for Ambrose he might never have had the 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 | Which was good for me ; if I had directed it in 1979 it would n't have had a chance . ’ |
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 | 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 ? |
7 | ‘ I 'm just sorry that he 's had this problem at a time when he would surely have had the chance to establish himself in the England side . |
8 | ‘ We 'll have seen parts of the world we would never have had the chance to visit otherwise , and we 'll have been a lot luckier than most . ’ |
9 | They would certainly have had no chance of financing their programme without large increases both in taxation and in the borrowing requirement . |
10 | ( They will not have had the chance to mate with males from their own stock culture . ) |
11 | You will probably have had a chance to practise with the hand-held mask at antenatal class . |
12 | If you do n't ever go there , you wo n't have had the chance of sampling their hot mussels . |