run the chance
Example Sentences
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Fog, strong summer winds, the churning currents of the English Channel, make it far more risky than crossing the Atlantic, where at least yachts do not run the chance of going aground.
From Time Magazine Archive
He began by asking £500, and was then told that the Captain would run the chance and would sue his father for the £20,000 in the event of Sir Gregory dying before the Colonel.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope
Another is that the dog may acquire the "Toho" before he has run the chance of being cowed in learning the "Drop."
From The Dog by Dinks
After all," said Horace, "I shouldn't care a straw to run the chance, as far as I am concerned.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various
There is only one way to dispose of a picture in America, and that is, to raffle it; the Americans will then run the chance of getting it.
From Diary in America, Series One by Frederick Marryat
