Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [verb] a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ There are some marvellous directors and performers but they just do n't get a chance to show what they can do . |
| 3 | And George Felix plunged on , ‘ Aha , Whitey just did n't get a chance to ask . |
| 4 | Behind their backs , the dealer would call his clients " suckers " , saying : " There 's one born every minute " and , " They just have n't got a chance ! " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Thor Heyerdahl 's cherished notion that the Pacific islanders are descended from South American voyagers drifting westward does n't stand a chance against the genetic evidence , which says that they came from Asia . |
| 7 | ‘ I really have n't had a chance to press my claims and I sincerely believe I am pushing uphill to get back into the side for a long time . ’ |
| 8 | The reason , of course , is that my garden is so packed with plants that the weeds simply do n't stand a chance . |
| 9 | Or ( as cited above ) , one might hold a particular performance as a ‘ reference ’ , which gradually exerts such an influence that any newcomer simply does n't stand a chance . |