Sentence examples for for missing a chance from inspiring English sources

He was criticized in some circles for missing a chance to win a major.

At a debate in December, she chastised Gingrich for missing a chance to "defund" Planned Parenthood when he was speaker of the House.

Tellingly, he doesn't rebuke church overseers for their lack of Christian charity, but for missing a chance to put a better public-relations spin on his disgrace.

Twelve council workers came under investigation for failures in relation to the case, and both the police and Crown Prosecution Service were forced to apologise for missing a chance to stop the gang in 2008.

He refuses to blame Ford for missing a chance to dine next to a famous Russian dissident: "Ford had spared himself an awkward hour," he writes, "of making small talk into Solzhenitsyn's beard".

But Degryse's point about Wilmots never admitting errors was surely demonstrated by his comments after the defeat to Italy, when he blamed Romelu Lukaku for missing a chance and Alderweireld for the opening goal.

"I'm kicking myself, for sure," Goosen said of missing a chance for his first tournament win since 2009.

Gareth Bale was the man of the match, scoring both goals for Spurs and missing a chance for a hat trick when he mis-hit a shot over the bar with an empty goal in front of him in the final minutes.

Rod Pampling shot an 11-under-par 60 on Thursday in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, missing a chance for a 59 when he parred the final two holes. .

The Scouts did not reply to a request for comment, thus missing a chance to earn a Party Politics merit badge.

Ginn asked for a trade from Miami during the 1973 season, missing a chance for a third ring.