Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two crucial stages in this were the formation of an alliance with the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus of Byzantium against the Norman empire threatening to spread into Venice 's Adriatic and Byzantine Greece in the 1080s ; and the role Venice came increasingly to play in the crusading adventures of the twelfth century . |
| 2 | And this of course , included not playing in the Grand Slam Cup because I was defending the idea of the ATP Tour . |
| 3 | The talent he has encouraged and given much time and effort to , includes the 1986 Club Champion , 20-year-old Simon Barrington who was twice Junior Champion ; Michael Orris , the Joint Course record holder and County Alliance player ; Guy Phillips , still 17 , the Junior Champion and Captain ( handicap 5 ) and who whilst competing in the Daily Express Ford qualifying round at Royal Mid-Surrey in 1986 played to level par and went on to play in the finals in Spain ) ; Henry Bareham , also handicap 5 , who played for English Schools and Graham Booth , the Thames Valley League Junior Champion . |
| 4 | Journalist Diana Hutchinson , of the Daily Mail , pointed out that it might be a question of ‘ the young baby left alone while the parents went out to play in the summer sunshine ’ . |
| 5 | He is yet another in a long line of Scottish internationalists whose generous gifts on the park were matched by an outrageous streak when they went out to play in the recreational sense . |
| 6 | Ally McCoist 's fitness will determine who plays up front and yesterday Roxburgh said that the improvement in the player 's hamstring injury was such that he would now be ‘ disappointed ’ if the scorer of 41 goals for his club this season did not play on the ground that has yet to give up a goal to Scotland since they became tenants at Ibrox . |
| 7 | The 35-year-old Bristol-based Scot , five clear at halfway after two dazzling rounds of 65 and 68 , did not play with the same style in much calmer conditions but rarely looked like losing his grip . |
| 8 | Jackman did not play in the match , but no sooner was it over than official statements were buzzing , and cricket was staggering through yet another crisis . |
| 9 | He did not play in the last-day singles when American Steve Pate withdrew because of injury . |
| 10 | All three of England 's players who did not play against the Railways on Wednesday — Gladstone Small , Eddie Hemmings and Alec Stewart — get a game today , although there is a slight doubt about Phillip DeFreitas , who suffered a reaction to an elbow injury sustained during fielding practice . |
| 11 | That was the only time when the two sports clashed , although I did once play in the final of the Twickenham Sevens on a Saturday and a Freshman 's cricket trial two days later . |
| 12 | When these same hands gave up playing under the onslaught of feline affection , the cat would wander off , but if they then began to play again , the cat immediately dashed back and resumed its licking . |
| 13 | He did n't play with the kids , he used to hit them , he 'd take it out on them more than me . |
| 14 | Most other animals did n't play with the humans . |
| 15 | He was going to leave anyway and we 've had a succession of drummers really because he did n't play on the first single . |
| 16 | He was so distressed and shocked that he did n't play in the first two Tests , batted himself at No. 8 in the third and fourth matches , and withdrew from the fifth . |
| 17 | Hnag on … so Cooper did n't play in the ‘ 72 cup final then ? |
| 18 | He carried on playing despite the pain and was singled out for praise by coach Berbizier who thanked him for his dedication and courage . |
| 19 | Although he had merely played with the idea , he had thought about murder this morning and who was to say that given propitious circumstances and the required degree of desperation , he might not indeed … murder ? |
| 20 | The " ordinary reader " would infer that the " fixing " had involved the team as well as Packer , and that the captain of the team would have been party to the plot even though he had not played in the match . |
| 21 | Only Sidey had ever played in the first team . |
| 22 | A rugby blue , he had also played for the Barbarians . |
| 23 | He also spouted on about how Batty had nt played in the last 6 matches , of which we had won 5 and drawn 1 . |
| 24 | The band was called Touching Home and we got a lot of church functions and ended up playing for the American community there . ’ |
| 25 | Wednesday , who was now Saturday , helped in the search but most of the time they ended up playing in the corridors . |
| 26 | At length his other hand stole forward to play with the copper tresses that fell about the pillows . |