Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having made contact with a group of students at the nearby Architectural Association he went to see them play at the Goings On Club in Archer Street , a tiny place largely frequented by poets . |
| 2 | I would nt be at all suprised to see them play in the ‘ theatre of dreams ’ . |
| 3 | Giving the ladies three courtesy shots and allowing them to play off the front tees . |
| 4 | ‘ When I joined Vancouver Whitecaps I played under the best manager of my career . |
| 5 | Here 's Thomson Speedy wants it played into the area and get it . |
| 6 | Suddenly I was frightened because he had once caught us playing in the churchyard and had shouted at us and chased us out . |
| 7 | Let them play on the swing , even if you are scared they will fall off . |
| 8 | ‘ Not to play at soldiers with your men , or let them play in the band in the park on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 9 | Now I do n't expect you to play like the pros because we spend many hours working on every aspect of our game . |
| 10 | Harry signed for Palace after Manager Edmund Goodman had seen him play for the amateur side , Kingstonian , in a Surrey Charity Shield Final at The Nest early in the summer of 1921 , when Palace had just won promotion to Division 2 . |
| 11 | I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game . |
| 12 | Dick 's career has seen him playing against the country 's best , even though he always remained a village player at heart . |
| 13 | ‘ Man , I ai n't heard you play since the days of the old Mimosa Club , ’ said Lloyd with a thoughtful expression . |
| 14 | Rather than waiting for inspiration he is shown with a pen in his hand , an unfinished manuscript on the table , and at his side a harpsichord on which we are to imagine him playing through the work in progress . |
| 15 | ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’ |
| 16 | This garment grew with the child , so she was still wearing it to play in the garden when she was four years old ! |
| 17 | ( Okland played as a pro in the Bundesliga and in France and as far as i remember he played in the team that beat England 2–1 at home in the 1981 chock-winner for Norway ) . |
| 18 | We would often decide what to play on the spur of the moment . |
| 19 | The employers took advantage of this and exploited their journeymen by " letting them play in the morning " and calling them from their " houses of call " in the afternoon . |
| 20 | An impressive feature of the early post-war Palace sides was the triumvirate of Alderson in goal , Little and Ernie Rhodes at full-back , and those who watched them play for the Palace will tell you of an understanding between them that bordered on the uncanny . |
| 21 | This qualified her to play in the Scottish final at the new course at Westerwood , Cumbernauld . |
| 22 | The Irish selectors were keen to see him play in the inter-pro series in his bid for a place in the Irish side . |
| 23 | ‘ She will start training for Wimbledon this weekend , ’ added her agent , but he admitted her playing in the year 's third Grand Slam tournament was ‘ not a certainty ’ . |
| 24 | I knew that from when I 'd gone to watch them play in the past , but I 'd been cured of insomnia for some time now . |
| 25 | We saw oh , we saw you playing in the pa in police precinct yesterday . |
| 26 | This , in turn , improved my singles game considerably and I won the Baghdad Open one year playing against Indians in the main , who were horrified that I insisted we played in the heat of a Baghdad afternoon when it was normally well over 110° in the shade , and there was no shade — mad dogs and Scotsmen ! |
| 27 | Billy was not a great goalscorer , but everyone who saw him play for the Palace is agreed that he helped to make hundreds of them for us . |
| 28 | ‘ I saw him play in the Schools Cup . ’ |
| 29 | I like playing football , too , but they would n't let me play in the village under-12 team because I 'm a girl . |
| 30 | ‘ What role did you play in the meeting ? ’ |