Example sentences of "have [adv] have a chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words which appear late in the list are remembered easily when recall is immediate as they are resident in short-term memory which has not had a chance to decay . |
| 2 | ‘ As though it 's just been created and has n't had a chance to get fouled up with so-called ‘ civilisation ’ . |
| 3 | cos it has n't had a chance |
| 4 | ‘ He has n't had a chance against lesser bowling . |
| 5 | you see up to now she has n't had a chance to okay maybe it 's erm |
| 6 | Er , Hugh , would you , you have n't had a chance to say anything . |
| 7 | The journalist 's solicitor , Mr Geoffrey Bindman , added that he was ‘ very satisfied ’ at the outcome , not only because of the merits of the case but because his client had not had a chance to put his case against Mr Justice Hoffman 's earlier ruling to give up his notes . |
| 8 | She had not had a chance to mention it to Charlotte Hanover before their … their contretemps of the other night , and assumed that he would have the decency to realize that she would not , in any case , want him to accompany her now . |
| 9 | We 've not had a chance for a word with Mrs Fitton yet . |
| 10 | I 've not had a chance to visit abroad yet but I think I 've got two visits booked next year to various remoter parts of the world , but I 've met some who are on leave , recuperating from the circumstances they 've been in , sometimes illness , sometimes just the sheer tension of being under fire . |
| 11 | Matt 's been looking through it for us , I 've not had a chance to look at it yet . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If Quigley had ever had a chance of regaining his grip on the First Spiritualist Church of South Wimbledon , he had lost all hope of it now . |
| 14 | Yesterday she had n't had a chance to look properly . |
| 15 | And we 've never had a chance to get together all the evening . ’ |
| 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 | I was what I felt unconsciously I had never had a chance to be : a little girl . |
| 19 | She was blonde , like his Mandy , except unlike Mandy she had never had a chance in life . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Another helpful procedure would be to let children who are learning to read silently have some experience of reading aloud , to one another , passages of their own choosing , not ‘ from cold ’ , as a test of reading skill , but after they have become familiar with a text in general terms and have perhaps had a chance to look closely at syntax or vocabulary found to be perplexing . |
| 22 | However , hundreds of people have already had a chance to view a model of the plan . |
| 23 | I am luckily to be hear to write after the bombing of our works I have not had a chance to explain or to see the person who is in charge of this case … |
| 24 | No communication has been sent to the British Government about European reference prices , so I have not had a chance to study those , but I pay full tribute to the improvement in productivity . |
| 25 | He 's not had a chance yet . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , you have n't had a chance to unpack . |
| 28 | I have n't had a chance to wear this outfit to go out yet — but I will . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . ’ |