Example sentences of "[vb past] played a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A law enforcement source , speaking on condition of anonymity , said the person arrested had been linked to a rental van that investigators believed played a role in the bombing . |
| 2 | After he 'd played a couple of tunes , the organ grinder took off his old frayed cap and handed it round the crowd that had gathered . |
| 3 | The leader hesitated and looked at the bandmaster , who said that they 'd like to but after they 'd played a request for us . |
| 4 | Clearly feeling he had played a master card , the traveller in jelly folded his napkin with care , pushed back his chair with a tooth-aching shriek , and left ; head down , Adam 's apple at rest . |
| 5 | For a month , he had played a master 's game lacking a master . |
| 6 | Nine of the team selected against Italy , including new captain Richard Bramley ( Wakefield ) , had represented England U21 's in the hard fought 21–21 draw in May against the French Armed Forces ; two more plus three bench reserves had played a day later in the sweeping 48–12 win against the Netherlands . |
| 7 | Mr Prescott , who was given a rousing reception after his election to Labour 's national executive earlier this week , condemned Paul Channon , the former Secretary of State for Transport , for refusing to accept that government policies had played a part in the series of transport disasters that had occured over the last two years . |
| 8 | Her normally flamboyant husband , well-known for enjoying a tipple while filming his popular shows , admitted drink had played a part in him storming out . |
| 9 | To him the childhood wedding had been something of a charade during which each character had played a part , knowing that the coming together at the end — the whole story — was not to be taken seriously . |
| 10 | The fear of precisely such pressure had played a part in persuading the Government not to push ahead too fast with the construction of a war economy . |
| 11 | Nobody knows exactly how many people were responsible for input , but by the time the dummy was finished more than two hundred had played a part one way or another . |
| 12 | Mr Knight , who angered colleagues when he lashed out at homosexuals by saying ‘ Stop sodomy ’ during the General Election campaign last year , said the gay issue had played a part in his decision . |
| 13 | Its leader was Miloš Obrenović , a man who had played a part in the Karadjordje revolt , but who had remained in Serbia when many of the leaders of the first rising had fled across the river to Austrian territory . |
| 14 | The DIA 's interest in them sprang from their association with a Chinese arms dealer named David King , also known as David Loo Choy , who represented the People 's Republic of China and had played a part in the North network 's illegal supply of arms to the Nicaraguan Contras in association with Monzer al-Kassar . |
| 15 | She had played a part that was alien to her nature and she had not played it well at all . |
| 16 | If she admitted it , guilt had played a part in her grief . |
| 17 | On April 29 , Konare , whose electoral campaign focused on the promotion of dialogue , indicated that he intended to involve representatives of other political parties in government , and called on all forces which had played a part in the overthrow of Traoré to unite . |
| 18 | In spite of this , Attlee , who had played a part during the war which was very largely behind the scenes — he had been Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of innumerable Cabinet committees — did ‘ emerge ’ during the campaign as a figure of importance , and this was largely an accidental result of Churchill 's tactics in conducting his own campaign . |
| 19 | The historical value of their origin legend is open to question ; a national migration from the Baltic is unlikely , but the story may have been built out of traditions relating to specific groups which had played a part in the formation of the Gothic nation at various stages in its history . |
| 20 | Mr said it was clear both defendants had played a part in causing James Bulger 's death . |
| 21 | ‘ Dennis had played a seasson for Northants and I got the opportunity to go and see him in Perth , ’ he explained . |
| 22 | He had played a wizard , but Anton now wore his watch . |
| 23 | Someone had played a trick on the young horseman and had put down a substance that was so obnoxious to the horses ' delicate sense of smell that they would not move . |
| 24 | He felt a surge of rage , realizing that Busacher and Hans had played a trick on him . |
| 25 | As a child he had played a game with some of his friends where one child would stand behind another and put his hands round the other 's chest . |
| 26 | She had played a lot of Shaw including Candida ; and created Ellie Dunn in Heartbreak House , named after her by Shaw . |
| 27 | ‘ If this bank had played a role in the Hoylake/BAT battle it would have been top of the table , ’ said Philip Healey , editor of Acquisitions Monthly . |
| 28 | A parliamentary commission was set up on Nov. 13 to establish whether the police had played a role in the recent violence , which continued into the following week in the departments of Jinotega and Estelí where 15 people were killed . |
| 29 | Waldron Buffaloes had played a marathon the night before , finally got squeezed out by the L.A. boys . |
| 30 | It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game . |