Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] play [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would always encourage students to carry on playing with these rhythms and curves that the full shape of these ducks demand . |
| 2 | I want to go on playing for Australia ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I said when I came to Pittodrie that I wanted to go on playing for as long as possible , ’ Aitken said afterwards . |
| 4 | ‘ It was always my intention to go on playing in club competition with Constitution after finishing my international career and to that extent , I am disappointed by the way things have worked out , ’ Lenihan said . |
| 5 | He started his career at Everton , but did not make the first team and has since played at Bolton , Chester , Lincoln , West Brom and Preston . |
| 6 | Taylor refuses to say whether Lineker would still be in his team had he carried on playing in England . |
| 7 | He is still very young and has only played for one season ( Wilko let him do a degree first , a 1st in chemisty ) . |
| 8 | He moves in with the cunningness and surety of a wild cat which so far has only played with its victims . |
| 9 | Manchester City are making a new attempt to sign Colin Hendry , the centre-half who has not played for Blackburn Rovers since failing to agree personal terms with City and Chelsea a month ago . |
| 10 | Wright has not played for England since the European Championship game against Holland 18 months ago but Robson has been sufficiently impressed by his League form to recall him to the squad . |
| 11 | Griffiths , who has not played for a month because of a rib injury , watched Cardiff overwhelm London Welsh on Saturday and is expected to train with the club next week . |
| 12 | Hall has not played for England since , but now has a strong chance of a comeback . |
| 13 | Hirst , who scored in his second appearance on the 1991 tour of Australasia , has not played for the senior side since that Wembley game . |
| 14 | Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression . |
| 15 | ‘ How can we just throw in a lad who has not played for so long ? |
| 16 | Liverpool believe Molby 's great early season form has reawakened Nielsen 's interest although he has not played for Denmark for almost three years . |
| 17 | Liverpool believe Molby 's great early season form has reawakened Nielsen 's interest although he has not played for Denmark for almost three years . |
| 18 | The AC Milan player , who has not played since last May 's European Cup triumph over Steaua Bucharest because of a knee injury , is involved in a contract dispute with the club . |
| 19 | Cunningham , who has not played since May 1 has still trained hard , and he admitted yesterday : ‘ Realistically , I could not play in Saturday 's Test that would be a bit early . ’ |
| 20 | Kevin Ball , who has not played since being carried off injured in the semi-final win over Norwich , is back in contention for a place . |
| 21 | Goram has not played since receiving a kick on the knee against FC Brugge ; Gough has missed Rangers ' last five matches because of a hamstring problem ; Steven has played only once during that time , as has Ferguson ; while Huistra last featured in Smith 's team against Arbroath ten days ago when Arbroath were eliminated from the Scottish Cup ten days ago . |
| 22 | Parker has not played in United 's last five matches after picking up a hamstring strain on March 14 . |
| 23 | Clarke has not played in that position for the last couple of years , but performed excellently . |
| 24 | He has already played for and left both . |
| 25 | Anyone who has ever played with a gyroscope will know that the object displays a distinct aversion to being turned upside-down ; in many ways the spinning Earth can be viewed as a sort of super-heavy gyroscope . |
| 26 | I think Troon was the greatest Arnold Palmer has ever played in his life . |
| 27 | Includes every cricketer who has ever played in a first class match in the British Isles . |
| 28 | At the moment Ian is playing as well as he has ever played in my time at Carrow Road . ’ |
| 29 | He trained with Chelsea last month before returning home to play in Russia 's 2–0 World Cup qualifying win against Luxembourg , but Chelsea manager Ian Porterfield is now confident of signing the £500,000-rated keeper . |
| 30 | We were always working , and other musicians used to come up to play with us . |