"have a try at" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to encourage somebody to attempt something. For example: "Why don't you have a try at the new dish the chef created? I'm sure you'll like it!".
Maybe we ought to let them have a try at the real one.
Let's have a try at remembering the details from some of the biggest stories of the week.
Last year Morley College initiated an introductory course at which young female music students could have a try at conducting for the first time.
Students on the course range from fresh graduates who have decided to have a try at enterprise, to people planning to launch a business".
Anthony Douglas, chief executive of Cafcass, said: "We are looking to put in place a more universal service so that people don't automatically think first of having a [courtroom] fight but will have a try at dispute resolution".
It could be a bit frustrating if there's a boy or a girl that you like and you wanted to have a try at them, but you're not sure whether they have the same sexual orientation as yours.
But Mark R. Warner, a former Democratic state chairman, is having a try at it.
Several have had a try at it, but their efforts have always ended in disaster (see table).Now, for the first time, libertarians have a real chance to implement their ideas.
The Queen Elizabeth's coronation prompts some political sentiment about rich and poor, but when Davis calls it "the Betty Windsor show" it could be Kenneth Williams having a try at republicanism.
Owners are invited to let their dogs have a try-out at various challenges such as walking along planks, over hurdles or in and out of sticks etc.
"I had a try-out at Harvard and was working on what would become The Embarrassment of Riches [subtitled An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age].
