Example sentences of "play cards [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We rode a little , walked , talked , played cards in the evening and I looked out for Poppy . |
| 2 | Afterwards we all played cards in the sitting-room , and I was very glad . |
| 3 | They drank coffee and played cards throughout the long haul to London , only interrupting their concentration for the Sheikh 's frequent visits aft to watch over his son . |
| 4 | He 'd play cards with the Devil himself , if he thought it would be a good game . |
| 5 | Q.Why ca n't you play cards in the jungle ? |
| 6 | ‘ The Prince spent his time in the cabin playing cards with the Prince Fahid . ’ |
| 7 | Aunt Margaret helped Victoria construct a high house from a greasy set of playing cards on the kitchen floor . |
| 8 | Now canals slap on either side , brimming with garbage and dead wood , an old man sleeps in an oilcan next to a garishly decorated lorry , men in vests and wide trousers , grouped playing cards by the light of oil lamps , raise their heads as the car 's headlights sweep into their precarious privacy , and stare at her . |
| 9 | Debbie has been referred to a Young Disabled Unit and a psychiatric unit ( ‘ On the second day they found her playing cards in the alcoholics ’ ward ’ ) . |
| 10 | Where the rising lava froze like playing cards in the fissures of a spreading sea floor are the so-called sheeted dykes , vertical slices of fine-grained lava . |
| 11 | Mike and Marius were playing cards in the dust , Macier was pricking his blisters and the others were asleep . |
| 12 | HOW TO START — Remove the board and playing cards from the magazine . |
| 13 | She sat , like a dead body ready for the grave , watching us play cards in the candle-light . |
| 14 | Briefly imprisoned himself , Joe has been freed on appeal and now plays cards with the Midwestern neighbours who shunned him . |