Example sentences of "[noun] play for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope Kelly plays for the RoI . |
| 2 | Like Las Vegas money machines — where lights whirl , the jackpot flashes and the sound of cascading money plays for the smallest win — so the sprung plywood floor of the wrestling ring thuds and echoes with exaggerated effect . |
| 3 | Burruchaga , who scored their winner in the 1986 final , is still there and Caniggia , who like Troglio plays for Verona , is very quick . |
| 4 | And they are demanding massive insurance cover from Eastern Suburbs when Martin Offiah plays for them next summer . |
| 5 | Although on-trial Norwegian striker Tore Andre Dahlum plays for the reserves on Wednesday , Ferguson admits he is for the future , and he must plunge now . |
| 6 | WHEN Darren O'Leary plays for London against the North in the final round of the ADT Divisional Championship today he will be forgiven if he is caught day-dreaming of England training in sunny Lanzarote . |
| 7 | Charlotte Fischer , Emma Sokell and Sarah Spittle ran both for the College and the University Blues Team , and Vicki Edwards and Katherine Walker played for the University Women 's Tennis Team . |
| 8 | This intense phase of remarkable activity was a prime reason why Yorkshire won the county championship seven times in the ten summers Verity played for them . |
| 9 | ‘ Arsenal played for their lives out there , ’ said Fergie . |
| 10 | Hobbs , Hutchings , Hardstaff and Humphries played together for England in 1908 , for example , and Hassett , Hole , Harvey and Hill played for Australia in two matches of the Coronation series , Hunte , Holford , Hendriks and Hall were all picked for West Indies in 1966 , and Hedley Howarth , two Hadlees and Hastings played for New Zealand in 1974 . |
| 11 | Rocky played for 20 minutes but did n't do much . |
| 12 | The two meet at the Showgrounds this Saturday to play for pride — and players for places — in the final game before the Irish League campaign gets underway . |
| 13 | The Wales B wing Damion Griffiths was refused a permit to play for Cardiff tonight . |
| 14 | Gloucester 's star rugby player Mike Teague is to leave the club to play for the Midlands side Moseley next season . |
| 15 | The Quins were embarrassed to discover yesterday that Troy Coker , the wandering Wallaby , had already left England in readiness to play for Queensland against Fiji in Suva this weekend . |
| 16 | Both Shaw and new net-minder Clancy played for the club last season and have agreed to re-sign . |
| 17 | Gascoigne snapped his cruciate ligaments playing for Tottenham in the 1991 FA Cup Final and was sidelined for a year . |
| 18 | ‘ You could be dead and you will certainly never play rugby again , ’ was one doctor 's diagnosis after Lumsden had broken his neck playing for Bath . |
| 19 | so as much i hate it ( i would have loved to see a norwegian playing for leeds — i guess the dream will have to wait ) Frank is for sure going . |
| 20 | Not Beethoven playing for everyday listening perhaps , but rather a fine wine , to be pondered over , and deliberated upon at length before its true quality most fully reveals itself . |
| 21 | Anyone see how McLaren played for scotland ? |
| 22 | ON the Sunday after the Welsh match , Sean Lineen played for Wayne Shelford 's New Zealand Select against Northampton . |
| 23 | Truman played for time by appointing a brains trust of three to advise him . |
| 24 | Webb played for Chelsea between 1967-73 and made 230 league appearances for the club . |
| 25 | Ironic compliments were paid to Pierre , Donna and Raoul for the potency and effect of their acting and Raoul played for sympathy and looked nobly forgiving , holding a handkerchief to his nose and peering at it for blood , of which there seemed to be not much . |
| 26 | Three Hearnes played for England and one for South Africa . |
| 27 | Now they are devastated by their one-point defeat at the hands of Waterloo and must regret allowing Barnes to play for the Barbarians against Australia . |
| 28 | After official clearance to play for the Republic of Ireland , Kernaghan could have been in the squad for a World Cup qualifying game and a United States tour . |
| 29 | Originally a good enough fast bowler to play for Warwickshire Second XI , Richardson subsequently moderated his pace to become ‘ tight medium ’ and took more than 2,000 wickets for the club . |
| 30 | In other words , limited liability is an incentive for management to play for high stakes and allow the general public to pick up the bill . |