Example sentences of "[verb] not had a chance " in BNC.

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1 Words which appear late in the list are remembered easily when recall is immediate as they are resident in short-term memory which has not had a chance to decay .
2 The journalist 's solicitor , Mr Geoffrey Bindman , added that he was ‘ very satisfied ’ at the outcome , not only because of the merits of the case but because his client had not had a chance to put his case against Mr Justice Hoffman 's earlier ruling to give up his notes .
3 She had not had a chance to mention it to Charlotte Hanover before their … their contretemps of the other night , and assumed that he would have the decency to realize that she would not , in any case , want him to accompany her now .
4 We 've not had a chance for a word with Mrs Fitton yet .
5 I 've not had a chance to visit abroad yet but I think I 've got two visits booked next year to various remoter parts of the world , but I 've met some who are on leave , recuperating from the circumstances they 've been in , sometimes illness , sometimes just the sheer tension of being under fire .
6 Matt 's been looking through it for us , I 've not had a chance to look at it yet .
7 I am luckily to be hear to write after the bombing of our works I have not had a chance to explain or to see the person who is in charge of this case …
8 No communication has been sent to the British Government about European reference prices , so I have not had a chance to study those , but I pay full tribute to the improvement in productivity .
9 He 's not had a chance yet .
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