Example sentences of "[vb past] played [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made me play cards , I 'd played ordinary auction bridge at that time . |
| 2 | The advent of Dutch William in 1688 may have brought a Protestant ruler , but it brought one already embroiled in war with Louis XIV , and ended a period in which the offshore island had played small part in the struggles of continental Europe . |
| 3 | Oh aye that 's why we moved from our house she had me up , had played bloody hell over it , no bugger was getting no sleep |
| 4 | The furniture , the pictures , the loved knick-knacks , all told their story of a lifetime spent together in this small community where both had played useful parts . |
| 5 | Joan had taken a great liking to Alianor Woodville who , during the past restless weeks , had regaled her with colourful tales of the court in earlier days when Henry the Sixth and Edward the Fourth had played turn-and- turn about for the English crown . |
| 6 | They went into the season without their Australian pace pair , John Maguire and Rod McCurdy , who had played pivotal roles in their 1989–90 clean sweep , while dissatisfied South African opener mark Rushmere had to be persuaded to stay after being linked with a move to Western province . |
| 7 | These great Quaker figures , both of whom had played leading roles in the anti-slavery movement , founded the Aborigines Protection Society in the early 1830 . |
| 8 | Also , the BDDA 's roots in the north were deep , particularly in Carlisle , whose missioners had played leading roles in the Association 's advance from the days of William McDougall onwards . |
| 9 | He had played classical music on the stereo , which Boy had assured him he liked , and it was true ; Boy had never heard music like this before and he thought it was wonderful , a sound as big , and as warm , and as expensive as the car ; a sound as exciting as the sensation of being driven through the night by a stranger . |
| 10 | The Maggot had played American football until he had come off his Harley-Davidson at eighty miles an hour and permanently damaged his left knee . |
| 11 | Mice and black-beetles and cook-maids had played Old Harry with some cantatas and a vast great passion according to St Mark , in High Dutch ; but lower down all was well , and I brought away several pieces , 'cello for you , fiddle for me , and some for both together . |
| 12 | By 1945 , German ‘ solutions ’ in the east had become so much a part of the German view of the world and ‘ German historic destiny ’ that the Russians and the Poles , who had played human safety-valve to German ambition throughout their long joint histories , saw dismemberment of German territory in the east as the only possible long-term solution . |
| 13 | Both men had played important roles in the boycott of the presidential election . |
| 14 | Mr Titcombe welcomed the 150 guests , who included CSD personnel , colleagues from other Divisions , and some retired staff who had played important roles in making these two prestigious awards possible . |
| 15 | For a week the superpowers had played nuclear poker as President Kennedy warned Soviet leader Krushchev to dismantle Russian missiles based in Cuba . |