Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been play for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucille Walker had n't brought me clear over to Hollywood just to tell me I 'd been played for a sucker . |
| 2 | I had been playing for about five minutes when there was a very loud explosion very close at hand . |
| 3 | As all the world knows I 'm now 61 so it follows I 've been playing for yonks , interrupted only by a broken leg and two children . |
| 4 | I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’ |
| 5 | I have been playing for about 13 years now , and doing so for pleasure . |
| 6 | But why , when she 's been playing for so long , has millions in the bank and leads a very active life outside the tour , does she still have the desire to compete ? |
| 7 | ‘ We 've been playing for our survival for a year and a half now so we are used to it , ’ he said . |
| 8 | A judge told William Sim and David Todd that they had been playing for high stakes and had to pay the penalty . |
| 9 | It has been playing for more than a year at the group 's Palace Theatre in Manchester , and the Playhouse has taken more than £1 million in advance bookings for it since the box office opened last week . |
| 10 | Just as hapless as the plundering Norse overlord he 'd been playing for the past few weeks ! |
| 11 | After switching codes at the age of 11 when he moved to senior school , he began life as a flanker and it was not until 1973 , when he had been playing for seven years , that he moved to tight-head prop . |
| 12 | He had been playing for Hendon against Centaur , from West Drayton , Middlesex , when he was injured . |