Example sentences of "play with [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I like it better when I 'm sent to look after a baby or play with a kid like Mike .
2 ‘ We know from Sweden that they play with a lot of spirit and determination but that they play fair as well . ’
3 This use of dub is no mere prop either , they play with an edge that 's as sharp and as clean as a surgeon 's scalpel .
4 Yet , in heavy rock terms , they still retain an erudite edge and play with an urgency onstage that outstrips the uncharacteristically sluggish Babes In Toyland , when they played on the other side of town , two nights earlier .
5 As children mature they may be prepared to share one ball between two , or play with an adult in a small group taking turns at catching or rolling a ball .
6 By the time he was seven he had ‘ perfect pitch ’ ; he could also improvise on the keyboard in various styles , play with the keys hidden under a cloth , sight-read anything he was given , add a bass line to a tune , and had ‘ taught himself ’ the violin ( although such a claim should perhaps be treated with some scepticism — his father after all was a violin teacher ) .
7 A warning about selecting advertisements Many advertisements play with the meanings of words .
8 Well I reckon if we practise a lot during the holidays if you play with the pennies and things and think about the spellings and try you know you do n't have to read through the whole dictionary just learn some
9 Go away , Leo ; go and play with the Land Rover — I feel sure it will present more of a challenge than I will . ’
10 Play with the letters of his title and Angus becomes Agnus , the Latin for lamb . ’
11 The children should be allowed to make things or play with the wood as they wish , but other materials may extend the possibility for experiment .
12 He 'll sit there on the floor with them and play with the magnets .
13 Many of his compositions play with the merging of foreground , middle-distance and background details into one overlapping pattern .
14 ‘ The game we play with the word ‘ toothache ’ entirely depends upon there being a behaviour which we call the expression of toothache . ’
15 ‘ The elephants are very inquisitive and they like to inspect their new living quarters and play with the piles of bricks .
16 Play with the fractions .
17 In this way , provided they are given guidance on the type and volume of work expected , schools could be brought back into the mainstream of assessing their own pupils ' work instead of being totally dependent on the success or failure of the guessing games they play with the examiner .
18 I DO N'T so I stay in and play with the kids .
19 Oh that comes from that game you play with the cards do n't it , when you call it
20 Then I play with the baby and we might go out for a walk or go and see friends — that sort of thing .
21 play with the baby , carry pails
22 Mum , go outside and play with the baby .
23 Nowadays players stick their front leg down the wicket and play with the bat behind their pad .
24 ‘ I play with the slide on my little finger , so I leave three fingers free to fret behind the slide .
25 8 STOREY WINDOW , recent signings to the Ultimate label , play with the Rockingbirds .
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