Example sentences of "[is] play the " in BNC.

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1 He 's plays the detective that 's chasing him er , in it .
2 If UNEP is to play the key role in shaping and managing the new environmental conventions Brazil would be a better centre ( and Geneva an even better one ) .
3 She tells me she is indisposed , and her understudy is to play the part tonight . ’
4 An England Clergy XI is to play the Oxford University Authentics at Luton Town CC on June 4 .
5 One way to cure this is to play the ball further back in the stance to the centre or just right of centre ( photo 1 ) .
6 At one extreme , the venture capitalist 's role is to play the part previously filled by the parent company .
7 Neither are completely reliable , and the only way to be sure of landing an effective shot is to play the odds — buy several machines !
8 For if the category of the individual is to play the central role allotted to it by individualism , it must be the source of a number of social characteristics which demand explanation .
9 The first option is to play the ball as it lies .
10 Another useful device , which offers a check on understanding , is to play the sequence through initially with the sound track running .
11 Also Tore Pedersen ( always in Norway 's first-11 the last year ) is to play the rest of the season for Oldham at a rental deal — Oldham does not have the cash to buy him .
12 For here is played the parable of predestination , here the inherent changes and chances of life are put into focus .
13 Each time the game is played the animals are in a different position on the screen .
14 The lightstick lasts for up to six hours sometimes longer you tee up the ball on every shot so that you ca n't hit the light stick out when this game is played the flags are all lit up with bigger lightsticks .
15 He 's played the US from New York to Nashville , but despite being ‘ discovered ’ at least once a year he 's still no household name .
16 ‘ Unless he 's played the stock market with great brilliance . ’
17 Playing an active game can over-excite children to the point that all they want to do is play the game .
18 Cadet Diana Grant is not playing the part of a Whitley , but would have us believe she is playing the part of a mountain .
19 At this point the storyteller is playing the trickster .
20 Someone else is playing the same game — following him with a series of cars .
21 He has numerous animals to care for , he is playing the organ in the next door church and the piano at home .
22 Showdown in Deadwood as Costner makes town goldmine for gambling SCREEN hero Kevin Costner is playing the bad guy for once after fuelling a gambling war in a Wild West town .
23 Miss Fielding , 26 , is playing the lead in a new production of Jane Eyre at The Crucible , Sheffield , with Jack Shepherd as Rochester .
24 For instance one little boy started banging an oven door loudly , something he had not done before , and his grandmother looked at him delightedly saying ‘ Look , Ricky is playing the drums — give us a nice tune ’ .
25 Uttley is one of many to state that Winterbottom is playing the finest rugby of his life .
26 The managers of the planning section talk loudly , because someone next door is playing the piano .
27 Even the prime minister is playing the game : in a speech to the Confederation of British Industry on May 18th , John Major promised stronger ‘ partnership ’ with industry .
28 Is playing the piano the main thing for the future ?
29 Now this picture leads to few complications if the action is playing the piano or playing tennis …
30 Yes , Grandmother and Aunt Bella are downstairs in the kitchen and my mother is playing the piano .
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