Example sentences of "[pron] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I play at the Royal Albert Hall , there may be 3,000 people there , but it 's still one-to-one because that 's the way I operate . |
| 2 | And I play on the mountains and I slide down the slag heap . ’ |
| 3 | Mostly I play with the clean channel on full crunch and the lead channel on 16 . |
| 4 | ‘ I play with the slide on my little finger , so I leave three fingers free to fret behind the slide . |
| 5 | Then I play with the baby and we might go out for a walk or go and see friends — that sort of thing . |
| 6 | I play for the Stone Lodge Lane team a couple of nights a week . |
| 7 | However , Brian insists , ‘ I play against the same guys every week and we 're always striking crazy bets . |
| 8 | I use the excellent Marshall bass combo , rated at 30 watts , every Sunday when I play in the music group that leads the worship in Staines Congregational Church . |
| 9 | New toys are found for me and I play in the courtyard of the high-walled convent or slide on the waxed floors , too shy to talk to anyone . |
| 10 | I grew up exposed to folk and country music and I play from the heart . ’ |
| 11 | Discursive ‘ slips ’ such as this create metaphors which play on the identity of signifiers to highlight the multiplicity of signification and its discourse-dependence . |
| 12 | This hotel oozes character from its high ceilinged public rooms and lounges to the fountain with its spectacular sound and light displays which play in the evenings . |
| 13 | Andrew also differs : ‘ Those of us who play outside the North are just as much northerners . ’ |
| 14 | Those who play at the stars will never reach them . |
| 15 | Welsh internationals Andrew Evans and Jonathon Waring , who play for the Birkenhead club , will be on hand to encourage the players and present the water polo awards . |
| 16 | ‘ I still have some very good friends who play for the club and although their record speaks for itself , it 's all to play for . ’ |
| 17 | The 1992 programme has begun to falter amid growing evidence that it has become rigged with national interests , disadvantaging those countries who play by the rules . |
| 18 | Home to gridiron team Orlando Thunder , who play in the World League , it is not on a par with the Joe Robbie stadium in Miami — their bid failed because of the clash with the baseball season — but it is huge and comfortable . |
| 19 | And even in quite a wide area not perhaps the garden croquet players you would n't know about the people who play in the back garden but you know the people who play in tournaments . |
| 20 | Well I reckon if we practise a lot during the holidays if you play with the pennies and things and think about the spellings and try you know you do n't have to read through the whole dictionary just learn some |
| 21 | Oh that comes from that game you play with the cards do n't it , when you call it |
| 22 | Thus you play into the hands of that force which desires your downfall and wishes to hinder your inner progress , leaving you to shut the gate on the prison you have built for yourself , afraid to step out and to try anew to overcome your weaknesses . |
| 23 | Get off you do n't climb on people 's chairs you sit on them or you play on the floor |
| 24 | You win if you play by the rules . " |
| 25 | Whatever the actual part you play in the business , or indeed , if you have to play all the parts that go to make up a funeral directing business , what is your attitude towards the job as a whole ? |
| 26 | You play against the computer which operates at a chosen skill level so you could have a chance of winning . |
| 27 | You play against the computer which makes the game even more interesting . |
| 28 | If you play against the king you always lose ! ’ |
| 29 | Tonight we play to the court . |
| 30 | ‘ The game we play with the word ‘ toothache ’ entirely depends upon there being a behaviour which we call the expression of toothache . ’ |