Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideas of comparison and ordering come from playing with the many toys with graded components , e.g. Russian nesting dolls , pyramid rings , stacking cubes and boxes . |
| 2 | Mozart was particularly angered when on one particular occasion he was prevented from playing to the emperor and was thereby deprived of a fee equal to half his annual salary . |
| 3 | Already looking at playing in the 1995 Rugby World Cup , Japan stole a march on emerging Asian rivals , Hong Kong , by bringing forward the dates of next year 's Asian Championship . |
| 4 | Some people are accused of playing with the problem . |
| 5 | So often I have been forced to submit to playing on the worst courts or not at all . |
| 6 | Flautist Tim Wheater , well known for playing with the group The Eurythmics , suffered an outbreak of lip blisters and ulcers which destroyed his ability to control the flute , and lost him a year 's income . |
| 7 | Then Monica , in apparently wanting the ITF to change the Olympic eligibility rules to suit top players who did not want to qualify by playing in the Federation Cup , said ‘ without Gabriela , Martina or I in the Olympics , they would n't really be the Olympics and Steffi could win the gold medal playing left-handed . ’ |
| 8 | A Football League spokesman admitted : ‘ The fixture is still under review and we are aware that some concern has been expressed about playing on the Friday night . ’ |
| 9 | Prior to the announcement by the Spanish government , the South Africans knew that they were barred from playing in the Dutch Open and two tournaments in Scandinavia . |
| 10 | England 's players had a lazy rest day today , many of them reporting that they felt drained by playing in the heat and humidity of the first three days . |
| 11 | ACT include two players in their squad who are no strangers to Scotland — centre Jim Swan who has returned after playing in the junior teams at Gala , and flanker Mark McInnes , who toured with the Wallabies to Canada and France in 1989 and spent some time with Peebles . |
| 12 | Two years ago they were banned from playing at the city 's leisure centre because the council said they would ’ offend the morals ’ of local women . |
| 13 | DIEGO MARADONA could be fined or banned from playing in the Italian League because of his reported remarks that the World Cup draw was fixed , a spokesman for the Italian Federation said yesterday . |
| 14 | ‘ They seem to be jinxed when it comes to playing in the UK . |
| 15 | If you 're not gon na play with the Lego Chrissy , can you pack some into the boxes and I 'll put that board away . |
| 16 | Why gon na play with the water |
| 17 | decided who we 're gon na play with the twelve fixtures against you ? |
| 18 | Oh it 's American stuff that , I 'm gon na play with the balls I think in the pocket |
| 19 | ‘ You gon na play for the team ? ’ |
| 20 | Anyway , and if we win erm all three things , all three matches so far we 've won the Coca-Cola Cup , we 're gon na play for the fa , erm erm the F A Cup , and then we 're gon na play for the Premiere League , and if we win all the other three George 'll be the only manager in history to win all three things . |
| 21 | Anyway , and if we win erm all three things , all three matches so far we 've won the Coca-Cola Cup , we 're gon na play for the fa , erm erm the F A Cup , and then we 're gon na play for the Premiere League , and if we win all the other three George 'll be the only manager in history to win all three things . |