Example sentences of "[vb mod] to play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er the children used to play on the banks of the Nile early in the morning when they got up , there was all sand there . |
| 2 | Richard and I used to play with the dice at school . |
| 3 | The local bands used to play for the morning processions , in the afternoon they played selections at the sports and in the evening they would compete among themselves . |
| 4 | I used to play for the Darlington Deanery Choir one afternoon a week . |
| 5 | Well the Bill was , who was the manager in those days was very much the manager , and there was one of the directors used to play for the Villa , and he used to more or less look after the playing side which the rest of the directors never seemed to interfere with , they , they left the management up to the manager the selection of the team , Bill and the trainer when they were in the second division was Arthur who 's manager of Derby County now , he had the , I believe he had a sad time when he was at Walsall he , he lost his wife in a car accident and |
| 6 | The local children used to play in the cutting and had for a long time fancied the hut as a den or HQ for their games , but the hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp that was red with rust but still secured the door . |
| 7 | But erm I remember er we used to play in the houses as they were |
| 8 | he was a pianist was n't he was , he was , he used to play in the what 's a name |
| 9 | He was brought up in a rough area of Bradford and he and his mates used to play against the front shop of my old mate and skipper Brian Close . |