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

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1 RACEGOERS will have a chance to back a winner at Britain 's next Sunday race meeting and stay within the law .
2 In that way those of you that are officers would have a chance to remain so .
3 's headed er ball down , just inside the penalty area on the right hand side was picked up by , skipped past a defender , used the ball well , picked out , the Pisa defence was n't in position , was and a r really fierce shot into the roof of the net and did n't have a chance to save at all and had got the important early breakthrough .
4 Yesterday evening we had a courtesy visit to our rooms from Comrade Wong , Vice-Chairman of the Institute 's Revolutionary Committee , Comrade Chang our cadre organizer , and the luckless Comrade Interpreter Wong , who spent the whole time interpreting , so that he did n't even have a chance to drink his tea or to eat a biscuit .
5 ‘ I was wondering , ’ said Evelyn , ‘ if you 'd like to swap with me and let me have a chance to go under the machines . ’
6 I did n't have a chance to put these out on a dish either .
7 The Leader of the Opposition must have a chance to answer .
8 Jeff did n't have a chance to answer .
9 AFICIONADOS of the BBC 's Test Match Trivia programme will soon have a chance to pit their wits in a contest of similar format .
10 Do you have a chance to do it much here ?
11 Well one of the obvious pluses is that I 'll have a chance to do what I want to do when I want to do it .
12 Foreigners , though , remain tartan addicts and visitors to Scotland will have a chance to sample the ANTA experience once refurbishments at Edinburgh 's Sheraton Hotel , using the company 's fabrics , are complete .
13 ‘ Did n't really have a chance to talk to him .
14 ‘ A few things have cropped up that I did n't have a chance to talk to you about last night . ’
15 Before she should have a chance to wake and discover the edenwort , Henry got to work on the supper .
16 I hoped I 'd have a chance to call in on your aunt some time today , and thought I 'd ring from Downshurst to ask if it would be convenient .
17 I think also in those very tough times ahead I think it 's a very difficult decisions to be made about what services are provided erm , and what operation people are actually going to be able to have done and I wonder how much local people are gon na have a chance to say anything about that in the situation in which their health service their health authority is based so far away .
18 ROAD RUNNING WILL , ALONG WITH TRACK AND FIELD , CROSS-COUNTRY AND OTHER AREAS OF THE SPORT , HAVE ITS OWN COMMISSION AND WITH ALL CLUBS IN BRITAIN HAVING A VOICE AND A VOTE AT BRITISH ATHLETICS FEDERATION LEVEL YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VOICE YOUR VIEWS ON HOW ROAD RUNNING IN BRITAIN SHOULD BE RUN IN FUTURE .
19 February 1945 , and Stalin then agreed to allow free elections in Poland so that the London Poles would have a chance to form a new Polish government , but that agreement was never implemented .
20 The Park might then have a chance to return to the ‘ wild character ’ which is its chief delight .
21 I did n't have a chance to succeed
22 Apart from the incentive the match will offer to Test aspirants such as Surrey 's Darren Bicknell and Warwickshire 's Tim Munton , the selectors will have a chance to assess the current form of Devon Malcolm and Mark Ramprakash , who are still on the threshhold of England places .
23 Local audiences could have a chance to decide for themselves later this year , with the band hopeful of slotting Irish dates into their itinerary .
24 This last comment does n't mean that we can strap on our sixshooters and holsters , but rather the guns of the artillery are on call if we should have a chance to use them .
25 Mr President Portsmouth is a thriving maritime city with much to be proud of we have many supreme attractions Victory Mary Rose and Warrior amongst others which I hope you will have a chance to visit some time during your stay here in Portsmouth .
26 DELEGATES at this year 's CIU Annual Conference at Blackpool will have a chance to visit the first Beer and Trades Exhibition being staged at the Sandcastle Exhibition Centre on the South Promenade .
27 Miss Asia organiser Amarjit Sidhu — the man responsible for the UK Asian pop awards — said the aim was to put on a family show where girls would have a chance to shine .
28 ‘ Ordinary people do n't have a chance to leave . ’
29 They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens .
30 To do this , accepting that many visitors from across the world will probably attend the next World Cup , tempted also by the extraordinarily favourable rates of exchange and despite the problems which may still exist in the country , SARFU has to ensure that the majority of South Africans will have a chance to attend the games if rugby is to lose its elitist ‘ white ’ connotations .
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