Example sentences of "[conj] play on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For two summer holidays my parents took a Prep school outside Westerham and from here we bicycled over half of Kent with our Father or played on the small school fields or swam in the local swimming bath . |
| 2 | It 's cramped if there are four of you , but the atmosphere is very friendly and relaxed — neighbours popping in to borrow a cup of sugar or a 50p coin for the electricity meter , children running along the balconies or playing on the thin strip of grass between the blocks . |
| 3 | For a start his mother had always taught him that it was a sin to work or play on the Sabbath . |
| 4 | Well they did a lot of them are actually country songs that were like Old Flames and and even the Black Sheep was was an American song which we you know and yes you know if you send them back to America , Old Flames for instance is often back on the American those that played on the Irish programme . |
| 5 | Her husband , Mr Harry Helmsley , 83 , a property magnate , who escaped joining his wife in the dock on tax charges because of ill-health , said he had ordered the lights that play on the art deco pinnacle turned off as a ‘ symbolic gesture ’ . |
| 6 | After going out manicuring she started spending Sunday afternoons in bed and we could n't stay in the house nor play on the doorstep for fear of disturbing her . |
| 7 | But in the context of the modern cultural mythology of the artist/model relationship , this statement simply begs further questions and plays on the frisson of sexuality activated by the exhibition . |
| 8 | and plays on the pink film of their eyelids ; |
| 9 | and David Tennant grew up with the Burns boys ; together , they attended school , explored the ruined Kirk Alloway , and played on the ‘ banks and braes ’ of the nearby River Doon . |
| 10 | I 've started that , I 've got ta , just got ta I went and played on the computers yesterday . |
| 11 | And played on the computers yesterday |
| 12 | He may long to skip an afternoon 's school and play on the swings instead , but the thought of disapproving parents weighs more heavily than the thought of a couple of hours ' fun . |
| 13 | ‘ When I was told to rest all week and just turn up and play on the Saturday , I felt sluggish and lethargic , so I make sure I do the required hours every week . |
| 14 | Go and play on the slide and let the girls get on with their game . |
| 15 | The elder informed my colleague that they were not lost , but had been told by their parents to stay in the store and play on the escalators while they went to a cafe for a coffee . |
| 16 | To spend a night at Bishopstrow House is to be pampered : it is elegant gracious , the warm , mosaicked swimming pool is often empty ; and playing on the indoor tennis court makes you feel worthy of eating quantities . |
| 17 | We see Absolon submit to nature once more , when despite his reported courtly wakefulness in his desire for Alison ( 3373 ) , he decides upon a couple of hours ' nap before his waking and playing on the fateful night ( 3685 – 6 ) . |
| 18 | The kids from the houses up there- ’ she waved her arm in the direction of home — ‘ will come and play on the grass-the old people from the council place will come pottering down and sit on the benches by the flowerbeds . |
| 19 | A new national stadium is being built , and many of the competing countries are expected in Ireland before next July to see and play on the pitch . |
| 20 | Benjamin B'Hahn — whose father , Abel pioneered underwater births — fell while playing on the river bank two months ago . |
| 21 | Anthony Waugh sawed his way through his neighbour 's stair bannister in Londonderry Road , Stockton , to release Sarah Walters , three , who had got herself trapped while playing on the steps . |
| 22 | On paper , though , and when played on the piano , it can sometimes seem awkward . |
| 23 | Yet , when playing on the rugger field you concentrate effortlessly . |