Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] played [art] " in BNC.

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1 A folk and rock musician who played the guitar , he had recorded two albums , Dancing with the Devil and Family and Friends .
2 Dublin was the focal point of a Cambridge side who played the ball long , got it forward quickly and were condemned for their tactics .
3 Rafael Pardo Ruedas , a former government security adviser who played a key role in negotiating the demobilization and political integration of the left-wing April-19 Movement ( M-19 ) guerrillas in March 1990 [ see pp. 37244 ; 37311 ] , was appointed Defence Minister on Aug. 24 , replacing Gen. Oscar Botero Restrepo .
4 Rosa , her older sister , is the wife of a pastor who played a leading part in the democracy movement in East Berlin .
5 Roy Hutchins is a solo performer who played the comedy and cabaret circuit before touring with ‘ Whale Nation ’ and ‘ Falling for a Dolphin ’ .
6 When he married her , she was a reserved , very plain girl who played the harp in a provincial symphony orchestra .
7 Then he accompanied the Queen in an aria which she sang , and also a flautist who played a solo .
8 And Amelia McLean , a compositor who played a leading role in the women 's opposition in 1910 , said in a letter to the Evening News : " This is the first time the women have heard that the employers want to reserve monotypes for women .
9 There were English and American tourists , a group of Japanese students , and a German who played the piano for 1500 kilometres .
10 His face , to be sure , is not built for mirth : framed by luxuriant , shoulder-length black hair , his chubbyish cheeks curve round into a pinched mouth which makes him resemble Roshan Seth , the Indian actor who played the hero 's vodka-sodden father in My Beautiful Laundrette .
11 Neddy was an old Dales character who played the harmonium and who found an old bell one day which he placed on top of his harmonium because he liked the sound of it .
12 As the Russian-Cuban and Chinese plans develop for Southern Africa , I have been spending much of the past four weeks working with a man who played a part twenty years ago in developing these plans .
13 One of the merits of Father Cheetham as Vicar — a man who played an important role in Eliot 's life — was that he was , if the expression is not irreverent , a fine ecclesiastical showman .
14 Judge Crawford earned his nickname because he looks like Tyrone Power , the star who played the swashbuckling swordsman in the movie classic The Mark Of Zorro .
15 A CO Down businessman who played a key role in the inter-party talks at Stormont has failed to win a Unionist Party nomination to stand in East Belfast in May 's local government elections .
16 The English king — ( An exchange of headgear creates the ENGLISH KING from the remaining player — that is , the PLAYER who played the original murdered king . )
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