Example sentences of "you have [verb] a chance " in BNC.

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1 ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’
2 You realize you 've missed a chance of meeting King Sebastian ? "
3 Erm we both feel you 've had a chance in detail and they 'd been quite blank in design .
4 If the postman knocks on the door to delivery the only parcel you 've received in the past three years , you can guarantee it will be at just before eight on the first Saturday morning you 've had a chance to have a proper lie in for months .
5 And it seems I wo n't get it until you 've had a chance to simmer down .
6 And I think this one is better for several reasons , I think you can quite clearly see now once you 've had a chance to look at this , the other one we saw , we , we eliminated this boat , we eliminate that post and this boat , or rather we just have this post and the sea beyond .
7 She sniffed , and smiled a bit , but not too much because if there is one thing worse than someone who does n't understand you it 's someone who understands perfectly , before you 've had a chance to have a good pout about not being understood .
8 Erm now you 've had a chance first of all I after our chat er par particularly on the phone and I make notes of people who er I think come well across on the phone because you know how important that is to us .
9 Okay , hopefully you 've had a chance to make , to make notes on that .
10 I do n't suppose you 've had a chance to see anything yet . ’
11 And then , when you 've had a chance to recover from your victory , we 'll fight the battle again . ’
12 ‘ Someone jumping to an erroneous conclusion about your needs before you 've had a chance to explain yourself ’ .
13 I mean at least you 've got a chance that they 're gon na stay with you and er a a a and read the odd paragraph .
14 because , because there 's a roofrack there and some people do , so that if the bus does turn over at least you 've got a chance to jump out .
15 Not only is it quicker , in the exam , but every time you press a button , you know , you 've got a chance of pressing the wrong one , or
16 You 've got a chance then .
17 No , but if you go in the middle you 've got a chance to wake up .
18 Where 's the you 've got a chance to go of course .
19 If you pick it up , you 've got a chance to speak to them .
20 It is simply a method of inhibiting or stopping your debtor from cashing in his assets and putting them out of your reach before you have had a chance to recover what is owed to you .
21 If you are not sure about their comfort , then do n't buy until you have had a chance to try other boots elsewhere .
22 Perhaps , once you have had a chance to mull this one over , could you please telephone me at the home number above ?
23 I suggest that we should delay submitting this to Number Ten until you have had a chance to draft the actual terms of reference , as you propose .
24 Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson whose own title defence is in tatters , admitted : ‘ There are eight or so teams up there , but there is no indication that any of them are putting together the kind of run that looks ominous ‘ Blackburn showed the sort of confidence against us that comes from the feeling that you have got a chance .
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