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Example sentences for "good chance"

  • I talked those fellows into this conference idea so as to get a good chance to speak with you fellows.

  • They have a good chance at me now," said Charley with a smile.

  • I really think there is a good chance of success, the night is dark, and the very boldness of the attempt will be in its favor.

  • I've always rather envied the Students' Aid Society seniors, because they have such a good chance to pick out the interesting freshmen, but I shan't any more.

  • She might never have a good chance again.

  • Why shouldn't she pay me back now that she has a good chance?

  • I hope there's a good chance of seeing our stuff again some fine day.

  • Hazletine's belief, therefore, was that by shadowing the Sioux he had a good chance of securing the information that would overturn all the calculations of the abductors.

  • It seemed probable to Fred that he was afraid to slay him at the spot of capture, since the body would be sure of discovery by his friends, with a good chance of learning the identity of the assassin.

  • If he hadn't had such a good chance to grab the other younker, he would have grabbed you.

  • If to the westward, we had a good chance of being seen by her; but if not, she might pass us by unheeded.

  • We have a good chance of escaping a roasting this time," I observed to Derrick, as we watched the stranger.

  • Tony's helping Jerry Billings, and Jerry has already taken in a couple of good stories, and has a good chance.

  • His horse is lame, and I guess she thought it was a good chance!

  • Had he not been so hungry, he would have again hidden under a hedge until later in the evening; but eager to obtain something to eat, he hurried on, hoping by good chance to reach Susan's cottage without being observed.

  • Sometimes he has been from home for six weeks or two months at a time, either looking out for a cargo or waiting for a good chance to run across and land one on the English coast.

  • I only wish that they would set the royals; with this breeze there would be a good chance of the spars being carried away," said Dore.

  • It was a good chance for me to get away from the road fence, so I ran along the run-bed toward the south, under the protection of the shady undergrowth.

  • There seemed to be but little travel along that route just then, so we had a good chance to get at the wire without being seen.

  • I observed that he said something to his companion, as both turned around facing me, but, as the crowd kept pressing down the narrow aisle, they did not have a good chance to scan me too closely.

  • We pulled away as fast as we could lay our backs to the oars, for we had a good chance of being hit.

  • I'll take care to give you a good chance.

  • While we were at sea I was in good spirits, for I knew that there was a good chance of the brig being recaptured.

  • You're young, with a good chance of promotion.

  • Whatever Western man the New York delegates (or a majority of them) favor will stand a good chance of getting it.

  • Looks like here is a good chance to get some specimens.

  • Here'll be a good chance to take some pictures.

  • They reached the top just as the drove started down, and for the first time felt that they had a good chance of escaping.

  • I'd just like a good chance to show you up for a fish fakir.

  • Had a good chance presented, he would have been quick to take it, but he was carefully watched and he bided his time.

  • He found what he thought was a good chance to give the scamps the slip, and he done it as neatly as anything of the kind was ever done in this world.

  • Overboard went the rifle, two hundred rounds of ammunition, the telephone, and other miscellaneous articles, all of which stood a good chance of doing a certain amount of damage to the German torpedo-boats at the mouth of Lister Deep.

  • German works, his captors had transferred him to Sylt, where he stood a good chance of forming an integral part of a target for his brother-airmen in an expected raid.

  • If it gets much worse, she'll either have to cut and run for it, or else stand a good chance of going to Davy Jones.

  • If I only had some of that aguardiente, now, there would be a good chance to save him," he said, bitterly.

  • It is too dense to tell directions by the sun and one would stand a good chance of wandering around until death overtook him.

  • He would have a good chance to take a pot shot at me from there if he dared but he wouldn't try anything so raw as that.

  • If those fellows will kill one of their own comrades, they certainly would not hesitate to do the same to Chris or one of us if they got a good chance.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "good chance" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    good books; good brown; good citizenship; good condition; good constitution; good daughter; good fishing; good fresh; good friend; good game; good habit; good judgment; good long; good look; good old; good quantity; good reader; good road; good standing; good store; good teacher; good times; good view; good will; goods were; three dayes