have a go at
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To have a go at spotting the lights, look to the north for a faint glow at first and, if you can't see the colours, try through a camera lens or on your phone.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
Try testing your memory with our latest weekly quiz, or have a go at something from the archives.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
"If you have frustration than there's banter, and fans will have a go at players on the pitch, but sometimes it goes too far. Turning up at players' houses, I think that is wrong."
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025
This was visible thereafter in the sprint, when Piastri, despite a quicker car and a significant advantage in the middle sector of the lap, could never get close enough to have a go at Verstappen.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025
“Let me have a go at the oars before you melt away.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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