Example sentences of "do [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [art] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not then have a chance actually to converse with him until that second evening after the return of his illness . |
| 2 | Some patients do not even get the chance of surgery because they have waited too long . |
| 3 | He hung on until I came out and I was given embarkation leave or demob leave rather and I did n't even have a chance to have that , they wanted me down there so quickly , I think I came out of the forces one week and I was working down there the following week because was way past his retiring age . |
| 4 | Yesterday evening we had a courtesy visit to our rooms from Comrade Wong , Vice-Chairman of the Institute 's Revolutionary Committee , Comrade Chang our cadre organizer , and the luckless Comrade Interpreter Wong , who spent the whole time interpreting , so that he did n't even have a chance to drink his tea or to eat a biscuit . |
| 5 | I admit I was wrong about the Cairngorms , and I did n't even have the chance to see what was going on behind the plateau to the south . |
| 6 | No I did n't even get a chance to , to sit the eleven plus . |
| 7 | You did n't even get a chance to get in here and . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't really get a chance to tell my own story , and believe me , there is a story to tell . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Did n't really have a chance to talk to him . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Connon , ’ he said as he busied himself with the kettle and the jar of instant coffee , ‘ I did n't really have a chance last night to explain myself to you very fully . |
| 11 | No , there 's no problem , I 'm just like , saying that , they sound really thick , they 're rubbish at being in a band , and it 's just all so down-hill for them from the beginning , really , they did n't really have a chance , did they . |
| 12 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 13 | He did n't often have the chance of meeting schoolgirls . |
| 14 | So , but where I know it is a bit difficult with clothes because a market stall erm you do n't , you do n't normally get a chance to try the clothes on erm and you 're never absolutely sure are these clothes , is this garment going to fit or not ? |
| 15 | Many of the residents have led sheltered lives and do n't normally get a chance to meet other people in the community . |
| 16 | I feel sad for all who did n't attend and for those who do n't even have the chance to attend something similar . |
| 17 | And it is n't because the workers wo n't work hard enough , not when three million do n't even have the chance . |
| 18 | Because if you do n't get a job you do n't even have the chance of doing the work . |
| 19 | But it 's tr it 's true in most , if you do clinical medicine erm er ophthalmic optics you do n't get to play with the patients until quite a way on , and most of them do n't even get a chance to observe for a lot of it . |
| 20 | I do n't often get the chance to take out such an attractive young woman , ’ and put his hand on my knee , I put my hand on top of his and held it there . |
| 21 | ‘ We do n't often get the chance , ’ said Alix . |
| 22 | You do n't often get the chance . ’ |
| 23 | New babies get so many lovely clothes as presents , that they do n't always get a chance to wear them all . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't always get the chance . ’ |
| 25 | The fact that an individual started searching for a job while in his old job does not significantly increase the chance of obtaining an offer . |