Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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1 | I was what I felt unconsciously I had never had a chance to be : a little girl . |
2 | As one recently retired 62-year-old put it : ‘ I had hardly had a chance to enjoy a couple of days pottering in the garden for the first time in years , when my wife was nagging me to go out and find something to do . |
3 | 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 . ’ |
4 | 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 |
5 | I have probably got a chance of getting tickets through Jack Charlton . |
6 | Oh well you 've still got a chance to go and get her ready duck . |
7 | She was blonde , like his Mandy , except unlike Mandy she had never had a chance in life . |
8 | She 's never had a chance . ’ |
9 | She 's never had a chance in life — but she trades on her ill-luck . |
10 | And we 've never had a chance to get together all the evening . ’ |
11 | ‘ I 'm not going to name anyone in particular but you are all aware of those who have been to Australia this winter with the A team , and they have all got a chance of coming through this summer especially some of the young bowlers . ’ |
12 | It is not usual for the advisers of the Crown to draw people out of important work when they have hardly had a chance to do what they have undertaken . |
13 | Being out in those hot countries , you know , he 's never had a chance to learn . |
14 | As he says , he 's never had a chance . |