Example sentences of "would have a [noun] at " in BNC.

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1 Semenov promised me that he would have a word at the highest level , with Yury Vladimirovich Andropov .
2 I thought I would have a go at senior rugby for a season , then pack it in .
3 I thought that I would have a go at getting a pilot 's course , which I did — and was soon sharply put in my place .
4 I was hoping the Brigadier would have a look at the collection and give me an estimate .
5 The previous Secretary of State — the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) , now chairman of the Conservative party — had promised two years ago that he would have a look at SSAs ; that promise , however , came to nothing , as has every other Government promise relating to local administration .
6 ‘ If there was going to be a bid , I wanted to make sure we would have a place at the negotiating table , ’ he says .
7 sometimes a metalpoint would have a point at either end of the stylus , for sake of balance , or perhaps containing a different type of metalpoint .
8 Try and eh , I shall , probably get it even better , mind , most people would have a shot at those two I think
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