Example sentences of "played [noun sg] to the " in BNC.

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1 Sports fans will know that Innsbruck played host to the Olympic Games , and our tour includes a visit to the Bergisel ski jump .
2 Later , the Palazzo played host to the Consiglio dei Novacento , the Counsel of the 900 , 150 counsellors from each of the six ‘ gate ’ districts of the city .
3 Once again the capital played host to the major , and minor , royalties of Europe , including the Tsar and the King of Prussia .
4 LAP OF LUXURY : The villa rented by Mona when she played host to the Mellors Pictures : HARRY PAGE
5 And , not too far up the road , we come across The London Hospital , which played host to The Elephant Man .
6 For the second year running Ridgeway House played host to the ‘ Junior Citizen Project ’ run by Thames Valley Police .
7 LASMO Indonesia played host to the company 's second health , safety and environment conference .
8 On 9 August the Library 's team of anglers ( Bill Harkin , Jim Mason , Rab Neil , Willie Ogilvie , Walter Porteous , Colin Scott and Bob Venters ) played host to the 1992 Civil Service Scottish Sea-Angling Championship , held this year at Dunbar .
9 NTL transport manager Sid Blackburn and BNFL press officer Bill Anderton played host to the captains for their stay .
10 Three weeks ago Silverstone played host to the Formula One Grand Prix .
11 So , in an effort to bring the sport together under one roof , the Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre played host to the first All-England Championships .
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