Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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1 | Sixty to one outsider , and I thought oh well , I do n't stand a chance on it . |
2 | erm , erm feel like they 're getting the benefit again , again and again , you now make the costs of at every point they take another , they 've got more coming in , erm in terms of cash and er at every point I seem to loose , I loose the first case in ninety one and everything now seems to go against me , it seems as though I do n't stand a chance any more . |
3 | ‘ I 'll be sorry to leave , but I know that whatever I did today I do n't have a chance of playing at Charlton on Saturday , or the week after . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | ‘ 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 . |
6 | I 've had books back to back , and , as a result , I do n't get a chance to do much else . |
7 | I 've had books back to back , and , as a result , I do n't get a chance to do much else . |
8 | Well I said , If I do n't buy , I do n't get a chance of selling . |
9 | Oh I do n't get a chance . |
10 | It was made clear to me by my mother , sometimes backed up by my sisters , that as far as the opposite sex was concerned , I did n't stand a chance . |
11 | I did n't stand a chance . ’ |
12 | ‘ I did n't stand a chance ! |
13 | I did n't stand a chance — he ran right out in front of me . ’ |
14 | ‘ We get sick of hearing the excuse ‘ I did n't stand a chance ’ , I always think the kid definitely did n't have one and that makes me angry . |
15 | ‘ I did n't have a chance to get a briefing from Graeme but I did n't get one when I took over from Kenny Dalglish . |
16 | I did n't have a chance to succeed |
17 | ‘ His fists were flying so fast , I did n't have a chance to tell him I have Aids . ’ |
18 | I did n't have a chance to prove that I 'm somebody as well , that I 'm not nothing . |
19 | ‘ A few things have cropped up that I did n't have a chance to talk to you about last night . ’ |
20 | But when I got back I did n't have a chance to tell them anything . |
21 | If I 'm not teaching I 'm marking in th to actually get a lecture through cos I was given this with about a weeks ' notice you see , so I did n't have a chance to prepare the stuff for this course other than as we go along Right ? |
22 | I did n't have a chance to put these out on a dish either . |
23 | ‘ I did n't get a chance , ’ he said , rather lamely . |
24 | Now the other person in the department , I did n't get a chance to show it to him . |
25 | Oh , no , I did n't get , no I did n't get a chance , no . |
26 | Well I had n't got a chance to . |
27 | I think there 's someone else in me which I have n't given a chance to get out . |
28 | I have n't had a chance to wear this outfit to go out yet — but I will . ’ |
29 | I have n't had a chance . ’ |
30 | ‘ I have n't had a chance to ask anyone — how 's Bill Francis ? ’ |