Example sentences of "[noun sg] play on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 2 | Not one of them has won a card to play on the Volvo Tour . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The band left us after lunch to play on the esplanade of Stirling Castle . |
| 6 | Just look at a swan landing on water , a whale leaping out of the water , or a child playing on the beach — such beauty just in the movements . |
| 7 | She gestured to the child playing on the floor . |
| 8 | Usual story — reversed out of the garage , did n't look behind , child playing on the drive . ’ |
| 9 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 10 | This is a very nasty rip-off trick to play on the unsuspecting public as a petrol crank will last until well out of the guarantee period before giving up the unequal struggle . |
| 11 | A plugger 's job is to get your record played on the radio . |
| 12 | The last entry in the book is , in fact , the score sheet for the match played on the 14 August of that year . |
| 13 | In a sense , this is the ‘ if … then ’ technique played on the seller , but in this setting the consequences are more serious . |
| 14 | The alliance plays on the prospect of an end to the US trade embargo and increased foreign aid in the event of an UNO victory . |
| 15 | The alliance plays on the prospect of an end to the US trade embargo and increased foreign aid in the event of an UNO victory . |
| 16 | ‘ It gives you the chance to play on the ultimate stage , which is the World Cup . |
| 17 | The LPGA , for instance , does not have the equivalent of the WPGET 's Tournament Committee , a body which writes a report on every event played on the European calendar . |
| 18 | Throughout the 1340s and 1350s the king played on the commons ' fear of a French invasion of England : the threat that the French might ‘ destroy the English tongue and occupy the realm of England ’ was used more than once to persuade the commons to grant money for the war , and the discovery at the sack of Caen of a French plan for the invasion of England in 1339 was a gift to royal propaganda . |
| 19 | We find in 1891 , a report of the first game played on the Institute ground , |
| 20 | An Old Firm game played on the Saturday before an international match is clearly not an aid to Roxburgh and the fact that it was the 34th match of a gruelling 44-game championship did not escape his attention , either . |
| 21 | My daughter plays on the floor |
| 22 | In the beginning , much of this effort was used to create music to play on the air when the station 's needletime was used up . |
| 23 | Many of the films were silent , but the people who went to the evening performances could enjoy a musical accompaniment played on the piano by the local music teacher , who was blind . |
| 24 | Adding to the overall charm , there is often live music played on the promenade . |
| 25 | They sunbathed and swam , music played on the stereo , and the junk sailed past the skyscrapers and hills of Hong Kong Island . |
| 26 | An oil painting of the Royal Perth Golfing Society playing on the North Inch in Perth , by the Scottish artist McNeil Macleay , and dated 1866 , is to be sold by Christie 's on November 19 at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh . |
| 27 | It was a wonderful drive on an afternoon balmy enough to warrant lowering the electric windows and we cruised along to Mahler 's music playing on the six speaker sound system , through some of the most beautiful countryside we have ever seen . |
| 28 | It was a wonderful drive on an afternoon balmy enough to warrant lowering the electric windows and we cruised along to Mahler 's music playing on the six speaker sound system , through some of the most beautiful countryside we have ever seen . |
| 29 | The music playing on the stand was vintage Shadows and as the guitars belted out ‘ Apache ’ David helped Belinda into one of the brightly coloured cars and Rachel followed Danny to another . |
| 30 | There was terrific gunfire played on the great organ . |