Example sentences of "you only get [adj] chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our lists contained the names of the family ‘ prigs ’ we knew were professional thieves and burglars ; and of whom I was advised on my arrival in the department by an old detective : ‘ you only get one chance a year to nail these bastards if you are lucky , so when you do , its got to be watertight ’ . |
| 2 | It was , after all , my film début , and you only get one chance at that . |
| 3 | You only get one chance at it . |
| 4 | Maybe you only get one chance at a fish like that — a particular fish anyway — and I blew my chance through not planning what I was going to do after I had hooked him . |
| 5 | Because you only get one chance , Thing ! |
| 6 | You only get one chance and then you die and they do n't let you go round again after you 've got the hang of it ! |