Example sentences of "[be] [verb] a go " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , but how much more interesting it will be if the other lot are given a go for the first time in 13 years . |
| 2 | This is someone 's baby in the audience that we 're , we 're having a go at . |
| 3 | You 're having a go at me for what Penny and Natalie said and I never said it . |
| 4 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 5 | And Tim has been having a go of his sinus plus conjunctivitis and something else he describes as angst and is being generally unsupportive . |
| 6 | ‘ Some of the people who have been having a go at Steve are n't fit to tie his shoelaces , ’ retorts Foster , who has been imparting a few words of wisdom to Cram as a former miler-turned-European 5,000m champion himself . |
| 7 | He 's been having a go at Pete . |
| 8 | Like others , he would be dismayed to find a good service submerged in yet another change , after the election , just as many Trust hospitals appear to be making a go of it . |
| 9 | They call themselves the cycos — well they admit they 're a little crazy — but then again you have to be to have a go at this . |
| 10 | I keep expecting to hear you and Cora-Beth are making a go of it ? |
| 11 | But he argued : ‘ I do n't know why the fans were having a go at me . |
| 12 | I mean , I 'm furious , again , in the newspaper this morning they were having a go at Convenor Milligan ! |
| 13 | Here 's the cavalry behind him , he 's having a go at them now . |
| 14 | Stanley had the saw running — we used to sell a few logs in them days — when all of a sudden he hears an explosion and thinks somebody 's having a go at his precious Lagonda . |
| 15 | Oh , everyone thought , he 's having a go at him about something . |
| 16 | Somebody 's having a go at the . |
| 17 | But at least he is having a go . |
| 18 | Where boys are most likely to drop this stance is when a whole group is having a go at a particular character , as this group is with Dot Cotton : |
| 19 | But to conclude the subject of dowsing and intuitive ways of finding out about ancient sites , the only way is to have a go yourself ! |
| 20 | ‘ He needs at least two or three races if he 's to have a go at the Champion again . |
| 21 | She 's have a go at me about . |
| 22 | But it was Dr George Tolley , director of the MSC 's Open Tech Unit , whatever that is , who was having a go about professional people not keeping up with developments in their professions . |
| 23 | ‘ I should think that just about everyone was having a go at everyone else by the time it ended . |
| 24 | He was having a go at the privet hen . |