Example sentences of "never [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 2 | I never got a chance to defend myself and I would n't have known the right thing to say if I had . |
| 3 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 4 | Why was he never given a chance earlier in the season ? |
| 5 | She could scream blue murder , but half an hour later would be the life of a dinner party , for she was very vain and never missed a chance to show herself off . |
| 6 | Being out in those hot countries , you know , he 's never had a chance to learn . |
| 7 | As he says , he 's never had a chance . |
| 8 | Another distinct group among the long-term unemployed are the very young , many of whom have never had a chance to prove themselves in a job . |
| 9 | I was what I felt unconsciously I had never had a chance to be : a little girl . |
| 10 | She 's never had a chance . ’ |
| 11 | She was blonde , like his Mandy , except unlike Mandy she had never had a chance in life . |
| 12 | And we 've never had a chance to get together all the evening . ’ |
| 13 | Chris 's sister-in-law loved the baby and when he died she was so upset she told Chris that little Tommy had never had a chance . |
| 14 | She 's never had a chance in life — but she trades on her ill-luck . |
| 15 | The Admiral , who had unwittingly detonated the explosive , never had a chance . |
| 16 | She realised that more was called for and went on : ‘ I 'm curious because I 've never had a chance to look round here before . ’ |
| 17 | but I 've never had a chance to see the play , and I 've got I 've got a full book of his works upstairs , and |
| 18 | So you might have entered a wonderful poem to that competition and Philip Larkin never got a chance to look at it . |
| 19 | If your so called parents decided to have an abortion that 's it , you 're history , you never got a chance or a choice . |
| 20 | Last season , I had one which I never got a chance to use : - ( . |
| 21 | Although some of the things that you were taught you maybe never got a chance to do them in the bakery . |
| 22 | Everyone has their own and it 's a great shame if they never get a chance to ask them . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But what 's the point of going up to Luxor if you never get a chance to see anything ? ’ asked Nanette . |
| 24 | You never get a chance to have yourself an evening to relax . |
| 25 | The trouble is , when you 've got your violin it means you never get a chance , you know , if they say well we 're going to prepare however , well she can . |
| 26 | Yeah , well we never get a chance do we . |
| 27 | Because you are always available , he never gets a chance to take any decisions while you are away . |
| 28 | Steffi never misses a chance of coming to Britain , not only for tournaments , and she told me of her delight at discovering a street market on a recent visit . |
| 29 | Oh yes , it 's in Scotland , you see , and whilst there , you see , every day er because a lady laughed at me and she said , she was staying in the same hotel and she said er I , I used to book up in advance of course but never took a chance . |
| 30 | ‘ Everest will always be there but I might never get a chance to play at Twickenham again ’ — WILL KEFFORD ( Harlequins and Middlesex Colts full-back ) who cancelled a trip to join his father 's Everest expedition to play in the Colts Final at Twickenham which Middlesex lost to Lancashire ( 19–15 ) . |