Example sentences of "[pers pn] had little chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although convinced that she had been drugged before the race at York , she had little chance of persuading three Jockey Club stewards that she had not been drunk , out of her depth , hysterical , and she did n't want Nick to know either . |
| 2 | Being in an alleyway with only two exits , she had little chance of escape ; she was too shocked even to think of escape anyway . |
| 3 | She had little chance to talk or rest , and at lunch time was about to start eating when she noticed d'Urberville approaching . |
| 4 | Luckily , Felton were at full strength , so we had little chance of losing . |
| 5 | Labour members in those constituencies would have to be expelled from the party because they had little chance of ousting the sitting Tory MP . |
| 6 | But on the whole it seems true to say that the minors and the ladies were at their lord 's disposal , and that they had little chance of resisting what he did ; but that none the less the lords were limited by custom , and even a king would be expected to consult his counsellors when he disposed of an heiress , as Henry I promised to do in his coronation charter . |
| 7 | In the last month before war was declared , families who were still on the waiting list for places on the Kindertransporte , but knew they had little chance of moving up the queue , took to waiting at the main rail stations , watching and hoping . |
| 8 | They had little chance to ask for the type of ‘ human rights ’ being demanded by students in the Beida posters . |
| 9 | But police warned last night that they had little chance of tracing the rest . |
| 10 | They had little chance to defend themselves at their court marshal , they were n't properly represented and there was very little right of appeal . |
| 11 | But without several key players they had little chance against winners Leicestershire . |
| 12 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
| 13 | The Reverend Archibald Menzies , minister to the stony and muddy village of Dull , was not exactly the pride of his parishioners — he had little chance of being that , since he had been chosen by the laird , not elected by the people . |
| 14 | He had little chance ; the Revolutionary Guards at the airport , famished by Ramadan , took it away and ate it . |
| 15 | Once it had gone , though , he had little chance against Ivanisevic , who bombed down another 18 aces , to leave him needing just eight more for an astonishing 1,000 in all tennis this year . |
| 16 | Eastwood 's superb kicking was the vital difference between the sides , although he had little chance of grabbing the try he needed for a career total of 100 as Hull took a winning route up the middle of the field . |
| 17 | Innocent was beset with problems which he had little chance of solving as the sands constantly shifted and political and economic undercurrents conditioned behaviour . |