Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] get a chance " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ She has n't got a chance . ’ |
2 | ‘ He has n't got a chance . |
3 | Alternatively , we may say that the plates are so close to each other ( as it would be in a practical diode ) that the electron beam has n't got a chance to spread . |
4 | ‘ Against France and Britain , Hitler has n't got a chance . |
5 | The witnesses did not get a chance to give evidence against the killer in court . |
6 | Mr Nagdi had been carrying a gun when he left for work yesterday but he did not get a chance to use it . |
7 | Different species often do not get a chance to interbreed because they live in different geographic areas , or in different localities within an area ( one species at the tops of trees , the other on the ground , for example ) , or they might be active at different times of day . |
8 | We did n't get a chance to say any more , because Anthea ushered us into the hall almost immediately afterwards . ’ |
9 | Apart from the Harris 's hawks , we did n't get a chance to pick up any more birds until late on the second day . |
10 | ‘ I did n't get a chance , ’ he said , rather lamely . |
11 | And George Felix plunged on , ‘ Aha , Whitey just did n't get a chance to ask . |
12 | Rincewind did n't get a chance to see it properly . |
13 | Once again Isabel did n't get a chance to argue , even if her brain had been working . |
14 | Now the other person in the department , I did n't get a chance to show it to him . |
15 | You did n't get a chance to speak earlier . |
16 | Sorry to anyone who 'd been hoping for a match report from Newcastle , but I went home to Wakefield the morning after the game and so did n't get a chance to post one . |
17 | Oh , no , I did n't get , no I did n't get a chance , no . |
18 | look who 's doing the whole lot apparently he just had to do , he just had to model that , he did n't get a chance to do it properly |
19 | ‘ There are some marvellous directors and performers but they just do n't get a chance to show what they can do . |
20 | Next day the place is flooded so I do n't get a chance to play with Trevino , just stand on the practice ground and watch him hit balls . |
21 | ‘ I 'm going to finish getting my Nature collection while we 're here , look you , in case I do n't get a chance again , ’ Jill confided to Jennifer , her Sixer . |
22 | I 've had books back to back , and , as a result , I do n't get a chance to do much else . |
23 | I 've had books back to back , and , as a result , I do n't get a chance to do much else . |
24 | ‘ We do n't get a chance to see each other that much now — I do n't know when I 'll see her again — but I miss her . |
25 | Well I said , If I do n't buy , I do n't get a chance of selling . |
26 | Oh I do n't get a chance . |
27 | We do n't get a chance . |
28 | Do n't get a chance . |
29 | The copy of Sartre Adient I had not got a chance to read took up a third of the brief case . |
30 | Well I had n't got a chance to . |