Example sentences of "have been playing for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It has been playing for more than a year at the group 's Palace Theatre in Manchester , and the Playhouse has taken more than £1 million in advance bookings for it since the box office opened last week . |
| 3 | Just as hapless as the plundering Norse overlord he 'd been playing for the past few weeks ! |
| 4 | The irony for England was that had he decided differently he would have been playing for them rather than against them , for his parents had brought him from Barbados at the age of twelve to live in Reading , and he had played for England schoolboys . |
| 5 | I had been playing for about five minutes when there was a very loud explosion very close at hand . |
| 6 | Sure enough , next day saw a procession , only Lamb and Hussain passing thirty , although Smith batted for an hour with a broken finger and it was revealed that Hussain had been playing for five weeks with a broken bone in his wrist and Lamb had a cracked elbow . |
| 7 | After switching codes at the age of 11 when he moved to senior school , he began life as a flanker and it was not until 1973 , when he had been playing for seven years , that he moved to tight-head prop . |
| 8 | The incident happened on Saturday after Mr Pollard had been playing for Newent Town . |
| 9 | The incident happened on Saturday after Mr Pollard had been playing for Newent Town . |
| 10 | The incident happened on Saturday after Mr Pollard had been playing for Newent Town . |
| 11 | The incident happened on Saturday after Mr Pollard had been playing for Newent Town . |
| 12 | He had been playing for Hendon against Centaur , from West Drayton , Middlesex , when he was injured . |
| 13 | A judge told William Sim and David Todd that they had been playing for high stakes and had to pay the penalty . |
| 14 | As all the world knows I 'm now 61 so it follows I 've been playing for yonks , interrupted only by a broken leg and two children . |
| 15 | I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We 've been playing for our survival for a year and a half now so we are used to it , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I have been playing for about 13 years now , and doing so for pleasure . |
| 18 | Consequently , they 're always coming in a bit behind the boys because the boys have been playing for a bit longer , and I think it 's very important that if girls are being offered the opportunity that the opportunity is good for them , and that it 's not going to put them off the game of football because they 're always in the position where the boys consider themselves a bit better . |
| 19 | But why , when she 's been playing for so long , has millions in the bank and leads a very active life outside the tour , does she still have the desire to compete ? |