Example sentences of "[coord] play [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The children should be allowed to make things or play with the wood as they wish , but other materials may extend the possibility for experiment .
2 Relax outside in a deckchair whilst the youngsters explore the rockpools or play in the sandpit .
3 Its no use really having Rocky sit on the bench , or play in the reserves because Strach is fit .
4 After going out manicuring she started spending Sunday afternoons in bed and we could n't stay in the house nor play on the doorstep for fear of disturbing her .
5 This means ‘ go back to the ** sign ( at bar 18 ) and continue up to and including bar 24 ; then take the Coda ( from bar 24 ) , skip to bar 34 and play to the end ’ .
6 Go away , Leo ; go and play with the Land Rover — I feel sure it will present more of a challenge than I will . ’
7 I DO N'T so I stay in and play with the kids .
8 ‘ The elephants are very inquisitive and they like to inspect their new living quarters and play with the piles of bricks .
9 Nowadays players stick their front leg down the wicket and play with the bat behind their pad .
10 He 'll sit there on the floor with them and play with the magnets .
11 Mum , go outside and play with the baby .
12 He may long to skip an afternoon 's school and play on the swings instead , but the thought of disapproving parents weighs more heavily than the thought of a couple of hours ' fun .
13 ‘ When I was told to rest all week and just turn up and play on the Saturday , I felt sluggish and lethargic , so I make sure I do the required hours every week .
14 Go and play on the slide and let the girls get on with their game .
15 The elder informed my colleague that they were not lost , but had been told by their parents to stay in the store and play on the escalators while they went to a cafe for a coffee .
16 It sounds crazy to say I had n't noticed it before , as we must have driven by ten or a dozen times , but you really do n't notice that much when you 're trying to keep your balance and play at the same time .
17 A key text is his early essay , ‘ Structure , Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences ’ , which concludes that there are two possible interpretations of interpretation : ‘ The one seeks to decipher , dreams of deciphering a truth or an origin which escapes play and the order of the sign , and which lives the necessity of interpretation as an exile .
18 NICK FALDO was accused of ‘ disloyalty ’ yesterday after opting to miss his defence of the Volvo Masters title at Valderrama , Spain , later this month , and play in the Nabisco Championships in the United States instead .
19 We sing and play in the bath together ; he likes that .
20 I 'm prepared to stay with West Ham and play in the Second Division . ’
21 He will follow the route taken by Gary Wolstenholme and play in The Masters , The Open and other major world events .
22 Waqar , who was almost lost to Surrey after administrative dithering , has been advised by Imran to quit daily cricket and play in the leagues instead .
23 A campaign by environmental groups to shield the fragile Mojave and Sonoran deserts from the impact of mining , ranching , military and off-road use has long been opposed by the Reagan and Bush administrations and by the lobbying interests of the people who work and play in the desert .
24 What 's he on about , and then just forget about it and they go and play in the sand or something and he 's crackers that bloke .
25 He added he would willingly forego a trip to the United States and play in the Jersey Open with the hope of collecting more Ryder Cup points .
26 I mean there 's a strong Music Department here and we have a number of music students who come into the chorus for the while that they 're in the university — they often sing in the university choir , I think , as well and play in the orchestra , or perhaps the Meeting House Choir , and a number of members of faculty , I think , as well sing with us .
27 Rightly or wrongly we believed that as long as we were discriminated in every walk of life it would be absurd to pretend that everything was OK in rugby and play against the English and then go back to the township .
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