Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] been playing " in BNC.
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| 1 | One disappointing absentee is Jonathan Davies , who has been playing with such verve at full-back recently but has not recovered from his damaged hamstring , allowing Alan Tait to revert to full-back . |
| 2 | The record 's jazz stylings have already attracted the attention of DJ Gilles Peterson at London 's Jazz FM , who has been playing it on tape for some time . |
| 3 | MICHAEL LYNAGH , who has been playing with increasing success for Italian club Treviso under the hand of magician Pierre Villepreux , has been offered a job with the PR department of Benetton , the club sponsors . |
| 4 | Centre-half Ian Marshall , who has been playing up front since the start of last month , is out for three weeks after breaking a finger and Neil McDonald is likely to miss the Middlesbrough game with hamstring trouble . |
| 5 | Lawrence , who has been playing golf for almost three years , has a handicap of 20 . |
| 6 | A big-built Scottish woman , who has been playing pool in the other section of the pub , crosses over to the east side of the bar and puts in her last orders . |
| 7 | They have a cluster of players standing by to fill the vacant back-row , while former Scottish B winger Stuart Porter , who has been playing flanker down the club this season , returns to the right wing in place of Graeme Copeland . |
| 8 | There is the formidable barrier too in goalkeeper Valdemaras Martinkenas , a 28-year-old who has been playing with Dinamo Kievf and three others with Austrian clubs are defenders Arvydas Janonis ( St Polten ) , Romas Mazheikas ( FC Krems ) and striker Stasys Baranavskas ( FC Vienna ) . |
| 9 | Though Alan Watt is back training , he is not included in GH-K 's 24-strong squad , which includes a French No8 , Franck Gruel , who has been playing for the 2nds . |
| 10 | The voice was not what I 'd have expected from a girl who 'd been playing house with a mug like Mahoney . |
| 11 | The mess was almost empty except for an Education Corps captain who was also using the place as an hotel , and three unmarried young officers who 'd been playing tennis and should n't have been in the ante-room dressed like that . |
| 12 | Their reunion with the twins — who 'd been playing on the beach with the Meadowes 's little girl , Kerry-Jane — was an almost heartbreaking occasion . |
| 13 | The fighting started among a group of men who 'd been playing pool . |
| 14 | ‘ It should have been Bells with the number of ringers who 've been playing ’ . |
| 15 | Zsuzsa , who had been playing chess since the age of four , won her Master title in 1982 at the age of 13 ( Karpov did not reach that standard until 15 ) ; she was an International Master at 18 . |
| 16 | Wallace , who had been playing up front with McClair to no devastating effect , moved out to his usual position on the left wing , with similar results . |
| 17 | Stewart , who had been playing well , hammered his first ball down the throat of third man , and with West Indies taking time-wasting tactics to the extreme — 16.5 overs in around two hours — England did not really have a hope . |
| 18 | The youngster , who had been playing nearby with Mr Trueman 's son , calmly replaced the jack and raised the car . |
| 19 | Doctors ordered the star , who had been playing up to 150 gigs every year for the last 10 years , to rest or maybe wreck his voice for good . |
| 20 | As they entered the little hall , two detectives who had been playing cards swept their cards off the table like schoolboys caught in the act . |
| 21 | They had been called out to a little boy who had been playing behind the family car when his father had reversed it out of the garage . |
| 22 | The act , who have been playing dates in the US , including guest appearances on the Lollapalooza tour , plan to come to the UK to coincide with the single 's release . |