Example sentences of "was [v-ing] have a [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mazzin did n't lose his temper , although I could feel he was itching to have a go at me , but , as before , he knew he had no justification for doing so . |
| 2 | He felt the Italian boy was going to have a go at him but I do n't know whether it was a punch or a head-butt . ’ |
| 3 | so , and er I said do you sell butterfly ones , and she said I was going to have a go at making them , but she said I ca n't make them like you , |
| 4 | So I mean I think what we envisaged though was that the local publicity group erm would meet and see if the well first of all I suppose was there a , a necessity having seen what we 've got from national level er necessity to produce a kind of newsletter , a joint unison newsletter specific to Northumberland , that 's what the group was going to have a look at was n't it ? |
| 5 | ‘ I was going to have a coffee at the Greek cake shop , ’ Constance went on , ‘ but just as I was going in one of those middle-class , middle-aged ladies with a smile on her face was coming out , and whenever I see one of them I think she 's going to try and sell me a poppy or something or tell me Jesus loves me . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought someone was trying to have a joke at my expense and was n't convinced even after I 'd put the phone down . |