Example sentences of "[modal v] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I used to play for the Darlington Deanery Choir one afternoon a week . |
| 32 | Well the Bill was , who was the manager in those days was very much the manager , and there was one of the directors used to play for the Villa , and he used to more or less look after the playing side which the rest of the directors never seemed to interfere with , they , they left the management up to the manager the selection of the team , Bill and the trainer when they were in the second division was Arthur who 's manager of Derby County now , he had the , I believe he had a sad time when he was at Walsall he , he lost his wife in a car accident and |
| 33 | The local children used to play in the cutting and had for a long time fancied the hut as a den or HQ for their games , but the hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp that was red with rust but still secured the door . |
| 34 | But erm I remember er we used to play in the houses as they were |
| 35 | he was a pianist was n't he was , he was , he used to play in the what 's a name |
| 36 | He was brought up in a rough area of Bradford and he and his mates used to play against the front shop of my old mate and skipper Brian Close . |
| 37 | FOR most of this year , Lee Sharpe has wondered if he would play at the top again . |
| 38 | However , in an ideal world , the Sex Pistols would play on the boat . ’ |
| 39 | Sometimes Benjamin would play on the lute he always carried , whilst I accompanied him on the rebec . |
| 40 | would play on the |
| 41 | The risk that the conference would enable German socialists to divert Allied socialists from their commitment to victory had to be balanced against the certainty that a refusal by Western socialists to respond to Russian calls for a new peace initiative would play into the hands of Bolshevik revolutionary defeatism . |
| 42 | D. F. MacDermot of the Foreign Office minuted that the report from UNTCOK must be considered before determining a course of action : to stipulate a detailed plan in advance would play into the hands of the Russians and of dissident political groups in south Korea . |
| 43 | Although I listened with interest to the case adduced by the hon. Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) , the Chairman of the Procedure Committee which has made the recommendations , I still believe that the House would be making a great mistake to accept the motion , for it would add to the automatic nature , as it were , of debates and would play into the hands of the Government of the day , thereby strengthening their position over that of the House . |
| 44 | Whatever he did would play into the hands of Isambard , whose traps were always dual , and could not be evaded . |
| 45 | For a start , Naas Botha , the Springbok wonderboot , would play against the New Zealanders . |
| 46 | But what he said about the role technology would play in the war seems to have been as accurate as the laser-guided bombs shown on television . |
| 47 | What had now to be resolved was exactly what role I would play in the new venture . |
| 48 | FEB 1992 In the 36 hours following the TOP launch in February 1992 senior managers talked to all Station staff , including shift workers , to explain the need for change and the part everyone would play in the process . |
| 49 | She would play in the dark shed , where there were millions of daddy-long-legs , or stand about watching him while he dug . |
| 50 | If invited , he would play in the Bell 's Scottish Open at Gleneagles in July , the week before the Open at Royal St George 's for which he is entered . |
| 51 | The student may want to find out more about the kind of parts he/she may play in the future , or indeed may have played during the time already spent at drama school . |
| 52 | ‘ I will continue to train and may play in the reserves next season in case of emergencies , ’ added the U's boss , who has been sent off twice and suspended three times during this campaign . |
| 53 | Two recent reports have focused on the part that early nutrition may play in the later development of diabetes . |
| 54 | " Let's play with the video , " I said . |
| 55 | The team will play to the rules laid down for the 1992 World Cup . |
| 56 | I need to use a MIDI file to do this , which will play over the SoundBlaster Pro card in my PC ( and anybody else 's ) . |
| 57 | It has now been decided that both clubs will play on the Wednesday with 7.45 kick-offs . |
| 58 | The simple story of a mentally handicapped child or adult growing up would not be considered dramatic enough for fictional representation ; the drama must focus on a series of events which create a larger than life situation , which will play on the emotions of the viewers . |
| 59 | The versatile Noel Hegarty , an outstanding corner back when the county lifted the Sam Maguire , will play on the ‘ 40 ’ with the emerging and gifted John Duffy in the right corner of the attack . |
| 60 | In all likelihood Dean Richards will play on the blind side in the Test Team and hence it will be necessary to have additional cover at No 8 . |