Example sentences of "[noun sg] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cyclic fluctuations in population numbers occur in many species of small mammal , and the exact role predation plays in the rise and fall of population numbers is not yet agreed upon ( Southern , 1979 ) . |
| 2 | Like Las Vegas money machines — where lights whirl , the jackpot flashes and the sound of cascading money plays for the smallest win — so the sprung plywood floor of the wrestling ring thuds and echoes with exaggerated effect . |
| 3 | For the next two chapters we are going to look at the special role that money plays in the economy . |
| 4 | kd lang plays at the Hammersmith Odeon on 8 and 9 May |
| 5 | And as you said , really some of the football played in the first half was quite delightful was n't it ? |
| 6 | But that is petty cash to the jackpot the Rangers players and the club will earn from becoming the first British side to play under the changed European Cup format . |
| 7 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 8 | Gloucester 's star rugby player Mike Teague is to leave the club to play for the Midlands side Moseley next season . |
| 9 | Not one of them has won a card to play on the Volvo Tour . |
| 10 | Each ovary may well prepare several potential ova each month , like a card player considering which card to play in the light of signals from the opposition . |
| 11 | That tour to Australia is just one highlight in a busy itinerary for the Gala stand-off : ‘ I have had am ambition to play at the Hong Kong Sevens and was simply thrilled to have been invited to join the Irish Wolfhounds squad for this year 's tournament . |
| 12 | ‘ It was a pleasure to play in the same side as a true football genius . |
| 13 | ‘ ROMANZAS , Riffs and Rumbas ’ was an apt title for a diverse programme played by the Segovia Trio on their return to Farnham Maltings on Saturday . |
| 14 | THE former wife of kidnapper and alleged murderer Michael Sams recognised her ex-husband 's Yorkshire accent from a tape played on the Crimewatch TV programme , a court heard today . |
| 15 | Sir Peter acknowledged the part that the Association played in the RAF family , with its support of members past and present which was highlighted with the continued development of Eagle Lodges . |
| 16 | A positive attitude , as shown here , is a prerequisite to each and every stroke played around the golf course . |
| 17 | Both Shaw and new net-minder Clancy played for the club last season and have agreed to re-sign . |
| 18 | Friends watched in horror as the 15ft monster played with the body for more than 15 minutes near Brisbane . |
| 19 | His mouth played over the silken plane of her stomach , drifting down over the pliant swelling of her abdomen , and little whimpering cries broke from her lips . |
| 20 | Little shooting beams of light played over the scene of the sea and the crates of bananas as her lowered eyes struggled to cope with the brightness of the sun that had entered them . |
| 21 | The last light played on the cliff wall of the Jabal Hamrin , but by the time he reached the steep-sloping ground he would be covered by darkness . |
| 22 | A fraction of a second later a wash of flame played over the stones where they had been standing . |
| 23 | The answer to this question depends on an understanding of the role that intention played in the interpretation of civil-law dispositions . |
| 24 | Now a professional football club playing in the 4th Division of the English football league , it owes its origins to a team formed by the pupils and staff of the Yorkshire Institution for the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 25 | In her chamber , her naked sexuality is like a flickering tongue of flame playing over the body of her lover . |
| 26 | The Union believes that any musician playing to the public should be guaranteed reasonable money . |
| 27 | He let his mind play over the man as he had felt him at their meeting , as he now knew him from his books : vain , opinionated , hearty , joky . |
| 28 | The actress playing in the Western abandons her cowboy lover for the comic after he promises to take her to Hollywood and put her name up in lights , but the scandal that follows wrecks her career . |
| 29 | The rough-cast stairway was dark , but there were lights further on down and he could hear the faint strains of the show tape playing over the speakers in the club proper . |
| 30 | The little pulls of wind playing with the leaves were getting stronger now , shaking the petals from the wild roses and throwing them at the diners as if they were confetti . |