Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who knows I might even get a chance to try one of these days . |
| 2 | I might not get a chance this week to read of the collapse of reason , of the loneliness of standing for something . |
| 3 | ‘ Everest will always be there but I might never get a chance to play at Twickenham again ’ — WILL KEFFORD ( Harlequins and Middlesex Colts full-back ) who cancelled a trip to join his father 's Everest expedition to play in the Colts Final at Twickenham which Middlesex lost to Lancashire ( 19–15 ) . |
| 4 | But I 'll always take a chance with players if I think they are right , and this lad really impressed me . ’ |
| 5 | Italy 's a really wonderful country , I wonder if I 'll ever get a chance to go back . |
| 6 | In the circumstances you outline , I agree I 'd rather take a chance on you than on most people . ’ |
| 7 | I would certainly welcome a chance to do so . |
| 8 | But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’ |
| 9 | Only I ca n't get a chance to study in the meantime . |
| 10 | ‘ I wo n't get a chance to do anything till much later , you understand that , do n't you ? |
| 11 | She thought , ‘ I shall count , very steadily , all the way there and then I sha n't have a chance to be afraid , ’ and then the carriage turned right out of the driveway and went past the orchard wall and with a leap of pleasure , she thought , ‘ In two days the hens will be there ! |
| 12 | You may also get a chance to ask someone a little about the firm and about working conditions . |
| 13 | Right yeah erm so that can be , that can be a bit awkward but still some of the older stuff can give you a bit of a grounding in , in , in , in , in , in what it 's about if you can find anything relevant and sometimes you 've just got to sort of wander round the library and pick things up off the shelves like at random and see , see if you can find something in the index or find something in the contents pages that sort of vaguely coincides with what the you know what 's been talked about in the class that week erm sometimes if you keep looking you might actually be dead lucky and find one of the recommended books has actually come back in erm you may find that you 've got to be a bit flexible about that because , you know , if a topic 's dealt with in November you may not get a chance to see the book until you know kind of , I do n't know , February or something , you know I mean so it , it sometimes does mean you 've got to do the reading like a bit displaced from the from the classes |
| 14 | ‘ Not in the wine bar , though , ’ she insisted hastily ; she could n't take a chance on Luke walking in . |
| 15 | ‘ For such a young player this is a tremendous achievement , ’ says Mavis , ‘ Claire has outstanding talent and she will now have a chance to compete against some of the best players in the world . ’ |
| 16 | You will also have a chance to browse though book and information stalls — and , if all this activity gets too much , take time to enjoy the school 's nature garden . |
| 17 | You wo n't get a chance to do that to Kirsty ! ’ |
| 18 | Many in the Labour movement were prepared to admit that without a strong combination forcing the National Government out of office " we may not get a chance for a very long time of putting into effect our ultimate aims " . |
| 19 | Who knows , we might even get a chance to talk about product B. ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If we beat Oxford and Plymouth on Saturday , we could still have a chance of automatic promotion . |
| 21 | We thought it would be more sensible to move to the other side of the apartment ; if a shell hit the wall to which we were chained , we would n't stand a chance . |
| 22 | ’ We would n't have a chance , ’ she insisted . |
| 23 | But we ca n't take a chance this time , sir . |
| 24 | ‘ If we do n't look at her now , we wo n't get a chance at all , ’ said the Medjay healer , who had returned and partially unwrapped the body . |
| 25 | ‘ A poor cripple like me would n't stand a chance against a big lump like you — especially when you got the boss 's daughter on your side … |
| 26 | He must not miss a chance when it comes through being preoccupied with something else . |
| 27 | WHILE Craig Chalmers revealed in this paper earlier this week that he might just have a chance of being put on standby for the forthcoming British Lions tour , he is now more upbeat about the prospects of that happening . |
| 28 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 29 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 30 | as if he 'd even have a chance of it anyway |