Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] any chance " in BNC.

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1 The remaining arrangements of music by Borodin , Chopin , Rimsky , Liszt and Tchaikovsky hardly maintain this level of emotional charge , but if you want to stand any chance of getting to the end of your meal , that 's probably just as well !
2 Warning and volenti would not appear to have any chance of success in this case .
3 Hunt meant that no matter how well he now did , Niki had to do considerably less well than he had done so far if he , James , was going to have any chance to catch him .
4 It does seem as though the Fantasy League people have it mainly correct however , as only the top 5 teams in this table seem to have any chance of getting 1st or 2nd place ( excepting maybe Norwich at 9th ) , the rest destined for mid-table ignominy .
5 If he himself has not paid for them then the person who sold him the goods will be able to sue him for the price but will have lost any chance of recovering the goods .
6 So bang went any chance he might have had of hearing things he did not know .
7 Towards the top of the hill he made two bad jumping errors but these made little difference to his progress , and with Fifty Dollars More falling at the final open ditch only Combs Ditch looked to have any chance of getting in the way of a Dickinson clean sweep .
8 Tonight he chose an even longer road than the direct route to the ball , hoping to lessen any chance of approaching headlights .
9 In a couple of minutes I had lost any chance of kinship with Sue by making one of the most basic mistakes .
10 Coetzer must draw that sting to stand any chance of survival on Saturday .
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