Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] play [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The worry was that the ankle might go during a game and that is why it was felt best for me to play in the reserves .
2 ‘ It would be wrong for me to play in the Tests against Scotland and the All Blacks and captain the side and not be around when the guys go on tour .
3 ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way .
4 ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . ’
5 Someone must have had a word with the band about their playing after the last tour and subsequent departure from east west Records because this show as a 200pc better affair .
6 After all , the Lurgan outfit can boast the talents of Barry and Kevin O'Hagan as well as the mercurial skills of Diarmuid Marsden all of whom played for the Armagh Minor side last year .
7 Very few women took part in training , which was surprising when one considers how important a part many of them played on the farm .
8 Similarly , it is shrewd of him to play for the internationalist vote after a prolonged period of sullen Little Englandism during which Labour threatened to withdraw from the Common Market and called into question this country 's role within Nato .
9 Now with the accent much more on playing the rhythm , it is easier to create movements without the fear of what to play on the piano but it is not an easy task to find suitable taped music to enhance the carrying quality .
10 Therefore the only rational strategy for either of us to play on the 100th round will be DEFECT , and we can each assume that the other player will work that out and be fully resolved to defect on the last round .
11 As for who plays in the second half , that could depend on this afternoon .
12 He told her that the bracelet had the woman 's music in it , and sometimes , if you waited for rain and then listened very carefully , you could just hear it , very faintly , like someone playing in the distance .
13 Paul Taylor 's left-arm pace could be valuable at Calcutta , where the ball tends to swing , but for him to play in the first Test after barely a month of his first trip overseas would be a gamble .
14 Durrant is delighted to be included in the squad , but do n't look for him playing from the start .
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