Example sentences of "[verb] have a go at [pers pn] " 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 | I think it 's a terribly difficult thing to do , but I 'd like to have a go at it in the following way , by saying that somebody is a case of sexual harassment has occurred when the behaviour of one person makes another person uncomfortable in such a way that that person , the person who 's uncomfortable , becomes overly conscious of their gender or sexual characteristics . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Yes , good , because you 're going to have a go at it . |
| 5 | ‘ The Ashton Gate boo-boys are beginning to have a go at me and it does n't help , ’ said Cole . |
| 6 | If I 'd had my nailfile with me I 'd have had a go at it . |
| 7 | You 'll have to have a go at them with all these rabbits ! |
| 8 | Christ , I shall have no blood left if these little bastards continue to have a go at me ! |
| 9 | You know I , I 've got a big laurel and it was coming right over what we call the roundabout so I decided to have a go at it . |
| 10 | Not too bad we we got well we had been together near enough since we left school but you know we decided to have a go at it seriously in in seventy five and then we recorded an album and a single in say seventy seven , seventy eight . |
| 11 | This get-up 'll be quite smart , once we 've had a go at it . ’ |
| 12 | I dread it when she walks in house cos I always think she 's gon na start having a go at me , but she 's never said owt to me yet , has she ? |
| 13 | Perhaps we have to get it into the erm strategy agenda again I mean we we have had a go at it , but probably inadequately . |
| 14 | Someone 's had a go at them , that what you 're saying ? ’ |
| 15 | Oh she does n't have to put colour in , she 's had a go at it , I 've seen her doing it herself |
| 16 | ‘ If I 'm given a challenge I have to have a go at it , ’ he admits , reflecting on the guiding principles that have taken him to the top of two major industries . |