Sentence examples for chance picked from inspiring English sources

Whillans, who had more or less by chance picked the same cliff, stepped forward.

"More probably, however, it was a weapon of chance, picked up in desperation, in a final act of defiance".

The Netherlands captain, who had only just missed a good chance, picked up the ball down the right, cut in and, with the Wales defence backing off, curled a 20-yard shot inside Hennessey's right post.

De Villiers duly took his chance, picking up the dropped ball and running the daydreaming all-rounder out.

Of course you could go off-program and buy whatever you want, but who wants to chance picking out a Cuisinart Espresso Machine when what was really wanted was a Krups?

Evans took a chance picking up this script and it didn't do him any favors.

But I still think you have a better chance picking that moment with digital.

Because CD8 T cells detect intracellular infections when the viral peptides are presented at the cell surfaces by host HLA molecules, which are highly polymorphic, you get particular HLA types being favorable, such as HLAB57, which, probably by chance, picks out conserved regions of the Gag protein.

Mr. Den Hollander refused to reveal his age because it might hurt his chances picking up younger women at bars.

"When I got the chance I picked it up and shook it.

Where possible, only brand-new equipment is used in order to mitigate the chance it picked up seeds or spores.