Example sentences of "[noun pl] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katherine gazed into the fire , the leaping flames , let her eyes play over the fine marble hearth , the painting by George Grosz above it , with its hectic planes , its lurid faces , a satirist 's black view of life in the metropolis . |
| 2 | Dexter let his eyes play over the clutter designed to bless the pub with a friendly air : two post horns slung like bombs from the ceiling , mock Tudor beams , lines of plates balanced on every available ledge , and a grubby portrait of the Queen hung in dusty splendour above the bar . |
| 3 | Parents can let youngsters play with the water without fear of an accident . |
| 4 | ( ‘ We have done our work , let the children play in the world which our work had made safer and happier for them ’ , as Tovey puts it . ) |
| 5 | She pulled away , surprised eyes sparkling , and let her hands play with the back of my neck : I tasted sweet lipstick . |