Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We make money playing in the tube . ’ |
| 2 | Recently he captained Harlequins on the Saturday , flew to South Africa , was voted Man-of-the-Match playing for the South African Barbarians on the Monday and then returned to England for Quins ' league match against Leicester . |
| 3 | Now they are devastated by their one-point defeat at the hands of Waterloo and must regret allowing Barnes to play for the Barbarians against Australia . |
| 4 | I hope Kelly plays for the RoI . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I have seen foxes playing in the brambles , and once a red deer walked past on the opposite bank . |
| 7 | The immense difficulties of such translations have served to emphasize just how great a role assumed knowledge plays in the understanding of utterances . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ( For example , one of the pictures shows Marlon playing in the band . |
| 10 | SCHOOL pupils skipping classes to play with the latest piece of Sonic the Hedgehog software could find another computer is at work to track them down . |
| 11 | We encourage people to play with the cosmetics , feel what they 're like on their skin , and we do n't try to sell them anything . |
| 12 | ‘ We encourage people to play with the cosmetics , feel what they 're like on their skin , and we do n't try to sell them anything ’ |
| 13 | I was doing radio plays for the BBC . |
| 14 | We did n't have time to play on the beach or in the streets with the other kids . |
| 15 | I thought Harvey played in the WC finals in 1974 ( ? ) . |
| 16 | What has led Costello to play to the balcony , then ? |
| 17 | I think Harvey was injured near the start but near the end was kept out by Stewart.I think Stewart played in the ‘ 75 Euro cup final with Harvey benched ! |
| 18 | Parents can let youngsters play with the water without fear of an accident . |
| 19 | Moreover , mothers may have encouraged children to play on the road surface where they could be seen from the kitchen window instead of on the grass at the front where they could not . |
| 20 | BA is no Virgin ( if you get the pun ) and always reminds others to play by the rules , whilst seeming to ignore its own advice . |
| 21 | It is not helpful because it restricts ability to play with the full face of the bat . |
| 22 | Dobcross Band played for the service , held in the open air under a brilliant blue sky . |
| 23 | He said children playing at the scene had been warned to stay away from the posts until they had been set in concrete . |
| 24 | Only once does Aristophanes play on the possibility that the demagogues , for all their ‘ philodemos ’ pretensions , were actually an undemocratic force : in the Wasps ( 715ff. ) ‘ they ( the demagogues ) insincerely promise to give you , that is the people , corn doles , and even to hand over Euboia to you ’ . |
| 25 | Children need space to play in the house and in the garden and rooms in which to study . |