Example sentences of "[noun sg] have a go " in BNC.

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1 Erm I heard er Professor have a go at cabinet government .
2 Green has a go at Stevie Wonder 's ‘ I Do n't Know Why I Love You ’ ( ‘ not as hysterical as the original ’ ) and he used the spare studio time at the end of the session to knock off a couple of singles for himself .
3 IT would n't happen on this newspaper , of course , but in Washington a reporter got fed up with his editor having a go at him because his first sentences were too long .
4 Talk about one queen having a go at another !
5 You do n't have to be an expert to have a go , and at some Clubs there 's free tuition for beginners .
6 It could easily have been her and Pet having a go at one another .
7 But luckily he kept his distance and never quite found the courage to have a go at her .
8 The Soviet team had a go , too .
9 Young sailors from all over the country will be on the water at Farmoor just outside Oxford this weekend to compete in the Thames Water Youth Regatta … there 's racing both days … along with trials for England and the chance to have a go in a boat or on a sailboard for the first time … all you have to do is turn up …
10 He miscued a relatively simple penalty in the sixth minute and spurned the chance to have a go at three other kickable opportunities in the first half .
11 Stepping is the new fashion in exercise and if you have n't tried it this could be the chance to have a go .
12 Let nanny have a go Jonathan .
13 Mm , and she 's got the audacity to have a go at other people .
14 The demonstrators against the war in the streets of the capital are using the weapon of Islamic solidarity to have a go at the western powers , and some are indirectly critical of Mr Suharto , who is assumed to be the West 's friend .
15 So the winger has a go , gets tackled , the ball is trapped and the attacking side loses possession .
16 We all want to encourage the winger to have a go for the corner .
17 ‘ It 's the Iti 's turn to have a go at us tonight , Hitler has said that they may have a good go at us , as a reward for their help to him . ’
18 If you 've never experienced an exemption show before , this is the perfect excuse to have a go .
19 Townsend is one of those players capable of bringing an audience to their feet through his willingness to have a go and with his startling acceleration .
20 For those of you who have n't used lurex before , this is a good opportunity to have a go .
21 Activists also like they love the opportunity in training to have a go but they do like getting involved , they like a action .
22 He 's suffered 3 strokes in the last year and chose one of the wettest days of autumn to have a go .
23 True it is frustrating that Rocastle is n't even on the bench , and it is bewildering why Wilko did n't notice the totally crap defence we 've got as quickly as everyone else did , but that 's no reason to have a go ( the chants were virtually to a man I would say ) .
24 Katharine replied that she had done shoulder-in and hand had a go at half-pass , but that it had n't been very successful !
25 Half the squadron had a go at Woolley , popping off a couple of rounds in his general direction and then having to dive away fast when he swung towards them .
26 well my sister had a go , she knows people you see , like Jenny 's
27 anybody is worth go having a go for .
28 But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go .
29 EVERYONE is entitled to their opinion , and while I agree with Joe Hyam 's concerning service charges ( Caterer , 15–21 August ) , I feel he is taking unfair advantage of his position to have a go at people who do not do things the ‘ Joe Hyam ’ way .
30 But now I was in a position to have a go myself . "
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