Example sentences of "having a go [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've got to prove to the boss it 's worth having a go on me , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Lee Benfield says he 's never skied on snow before but he 's enjoying this and is looking forward to having a go on the real thing |
| 3 | Even the Head of the School of Languages , Leisure and Tourism could n't resist having a go on the roller boller . |
| 4 | Here 's the cavalry behind him , he 's having a go at them now . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | All the pressures of people having a go at me all the time do n't help , ’ said Kylie . |
| 7 | Oh , everyone thought , he 's having a go at him about something . |
| 8 | The result of the two intelligence services , army intelligence , the Royal Ulster Constabulary 's Special Branch , and various odd freelancers all having a go at the same time was , not surprisingly , a total disaster . |
| 9 | It could easily have been her and Pet having a go at one another . |
| 10 | 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 : |
| 11 | You see , he is adaptable , and has managed to fill his days and pay his way by having a go at a variety of jobs that he 'd never have contemplated three or four years ago . |
| 12 | ’ He was infallible , kindly and not above having a go at the medicinal whisky . |
| 13 | Talk about one queen having a go at another ! |
| 14 | Is lack of knowledge preventing you from having a go at hunter trials , eventing or showing ? |
| 15 | By this time I was beginning to gather a few ladies together who were interested in having a go at making vestments . |
| 16 | The only way to build self-confidence is to keep on having a go at goal-scoring . |
| 17 | But he argued : ‘ I do n't know why the fans were having a go at me . |
| 18 | And Wright , whose misery over the weekend was compounded when he wasted a glorious chance to rescue a point for Arsenal , added : ‘ Some people are just having a go at me for the sake of it and it 's beginning to get to me . ’ |
| 19 | Manager Howard Kendall ruled Cottee had committed the cardinal sin of having a go at team-mates , so in came Stuart Barlow . |
| 20 | Lynam lit the fuse by first questioning captain Lineker about the mood in the squad and then turning on Taylor , who now says : ‘ I end up having a go at the ‘ housewives ' choice ’ and it really was n't me . |
| 21 | If you 've fancied having a go at ice-climbing but the thought of all the discomforts of a Scottish winter keeps putting you off , take heart . |
| 22 | In an astonishing outburst on the Barnet Clubcall line , Flashman said : ‘ I was surprised at the stupidity of people having a go at me . |
| 23 | ‘ I was no angel , but I was sent off just twice in over 20 years in the game and on both occasions it was for having a go at referees . |
| 24 | There are a few people having a go at him now . |
| 25 | ‘ Gud Seive The Quinn , Gud Seive The Quinn ’ chant the lambchop Euro punx , much to the disgust of the band who can be heard narkily having a go at the audience and each other between the awful squawl of their live sound . |
| 26 | A person full of confidence feels safe in having a go at most things , their circle of safety is thus very large , they can perform the given task anytime anywhere . |
| 27 | I 'm not having a go at you , do n't be so sluggish ! |
| 28 | ‘ I suggest you try having a go at answering the questions yourself first , ’ he said . |
| 29 | For one thing it was an opportunity , in a purely objective , journalistic sense , to expose the hypocrisy of a magazine that , to Branson 's mind , ‘ had always purported to be so perfect itself while having a go at everybody else ’ . |
| 30 | I mean , I 'm furious , again , in the newspaper this morning they were having a go at Convenor Milligan ! |