Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] game " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHEN respected pro Ian Woosnam wants a quiet game in winter he often pops along to Aberdovey . |
| 2 | ‘ When Limpar has a poor game for Sweden , he knows he will get picked for the next match so it does not affect him . |
| 3 | First he has a powerful game . |
| 4 | Strachan has a good game and was man of the match , in my opinion . |
| 5 | I could be wrong , and if Kelly plays I sincerely hope he has a good game for if he does n't he may not recover from it , as he will always be known for ‘ screwing it when the Republic needed a win in Windsor ’ . |
| 6 | Needs a powerful game to hold off challenge of Philip Schutte . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's good fun , and he plays a decent game of tennis . |
| 8 | At one point in Maus II , Vladek 's wife Anja plays a murderous game of hide-and-seek , chased up and down the bunk beds of a vast , empty Auschwitz barracks by a guard reduced in close-up to a pair of vicious piggy eyes above a snarling snout ( Poles are pigs in a world where Jews are mice efficiently exterminated by German cats ) . |
| 9 | Donaghy plays a waiting game |
| 10 | This 18-year-old rookie averaged 69 over four rounds to win the Zimbabwe Championship some weeks ago and plays a stronger game than his dad , the professional at Wyngate , a posh club in suburban Harare . |
| 11 | ‘ It sounds a good game , ’ I remarked . |
| 12 | Caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby expects a tougher game against bottom-of-the-table Plymouth at Roker Park tonight than the clash with runaway Second Division leaders Ipswich Town . |
| 13 | Even with rows of parked vehicles on either side , North Oxford streets are still wide enough for cars to pass abreast , but east of Magdalen Bridge driving becomes a continual game of ‘ chicken ’ . |
| 14 | At other times it is suddenly exciting , as a new discovery is made or a sensitive teacher initiates a new game just as the last activity begins to pall . |