Example sentences of "was playing [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he was playing centre back — he looked more like a midfield player and certainly LOOKED like a McAllister type … elegant-ish . |
| 2 | Yeah , he dropped , he was playing kitchen table he dropped it , luckily it just caught the bottom of his eye |
| 3 | Vernon went upstairs with the intention of ringing Harcourt again , but the lounge door was ajar and he was seen by the soap salesman who was playing gin rummy with the traveller in miscellaneous stationery . |
| 4 | We spent beyond our means when I was playing Test cricket before and earning good money . |
| 5 | On the other side of the road , Anwar was playing cricket strokes . |
| 6 | Early Muddy Waters stuff : his stuff was the first slide that I heard and I did n't know what it was ; I did n't know if someone was playing steel guitar ; it sounded like they were fretting the guitar and slidin' . |
| 7 | On Merseyside , the plant had split into two factions over the strike ; those who supported Clasper in his demand that the strike be continued until the sacked shop steward had been reinstated , and those who took the view that Clasper was playing power politics with their jobs at stake . |
| 8 | Someone was playing rock music in the flat above and the faint throb hovered in the sitting-room . |