It can go the other way as well.... you can use a wrist lock attempt to set up a strike. You go for the wrist lock, he escapes or blocks... but in doing so, you have won the initiative... he is responding to you.... most likely, he made an opening for you to use. You also know where his focus is at that moment... on the wrist lock that he is escaping / preventing.My (badly made) point is that these kind of standing locks need to be set up correctly. This is best done with striking
You do have to be careful that you do not chase a lock that is no longer there.... and you opening will only be for an instant.... But, you can attempt a wrist lock to set up a strike, sweep or other technique... so long as you abandon the lock and go for the follow up technique at the right time.
The other thing I have found is that people tend to escape the same way... the way that just worked. So, you attempt lock A and he prevents it. If you take note of how he prevents it.... when you try for lock A again... most likely, you already know how he will prevent it.... use this to set up that following move.