Example sentences of "[conj] play for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A school 's claim of achieving excellent standards in sports or instrumental music may seem very hollow to parents of children that do n't have an opportunity to take up an instrument or to play for the school team . |
| 2 | OLDHAM have placed Paul Round , their second-row forward , on the transfer list for £95,000 , claiming he is in breach of contract for refusing to train or play for the club , writes Paul Fitzpatrick . |
| 3 | Henry hopes that playing for the officially rehabilitated South African Test side will mean he can inspire other coloureds to break down prejudices . |
| 4 | Jack was a native of Crook in County Durham and played for the local amateur side as a junior before signing for Newcastle at the age of 17 . |
| 5 | He then went to South Africa with the FA summer touring side and played for the national team in one of the representative games . |
| 6 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I was on the verge of the England squad with Norwich and played for the Under-21 side a few times . |
| 8 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |
| 9 | ‘ I certainly felt badly in need of a rest , having trained and played for the last two to three years virtually without a break . |
| 10 | ‘ So you have to keep at him because like all kids he lives for the telly and various electronic gadgets and he 'd be quite happy eating crisps and playing for the rest of his life . |
| 11 | I was situated immediately behind the cameraman , being at the organ and playing for the service . |
| 12 | Yes they just had one maybe one melodeon or one fiddle , but played for the whole dance and you could hear it from end to end of the hall . |
| 13 | He does not want his team disrupted and is even more concerned that one might be injured while playing for the county . |
| 14 | She 's done nothing but play for the last two years . |
| 15 | These changes strike at the very base of rugby union football as played for the last 100 years in that a player could play when , where and for whom providing that he paid his subscription before departing from his old club . |