Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My daughter plays on the floor |
| 2 | Diet , general fitness , golfing psychology and sports injuries all feature among the discussion topics and have their part to play in the overall picture . |
| 3 | They are all unclean ; and in the boys ' initiation rites we find that the mudyi tree also has its part to play in the symbolism of circumcision . |
| 4 | This complex web includes : a ) local and regional offices of central government departments , such as the DSS and DOE ( see Young 1982 ) ; b ) non-departmental public bodies usually dealing with a single specialized function , such as health and water authorities ; c ) decentralized units of public corporations , such as electricity boards ; d ) innumerable autonomous and semi-autonomous official and quasi-official organizations , each with its part to play in the policy-making process , such as tenants ' liaison committees and youth service advisory councils ( see Cousins , 1982 , 1983 ) ; e ) elected local government ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 5 | Katherine gazed into the fire , the leaping flames , let her eyes play over the fine marble hearth , the painting by George Grosz above it , with its hectic planes , its lurid faces , a satirist 's black view of life in the metropolis . |
| 6 | The poverty of their lives played across the silvered windows like a back-projection in a film , lending perspective and contrast to the satiated self-indulgence of his . |
| 7 | THE world champion , Garry Kasparov , and the British challenger , Nigel Short , have forfeited their right to play for the world championship title , according to the official ruling body of chess , the International Chess Federation ( FIDE ) . |
| 8 | Four second year students , Claire Slaney , Graham Brown , Elaine Hendry and Ben Hall , took time off from their studies to play in the tournament . |
| 9 | The secure places are fully used , but secure accommodation is an expensive resource and one which has its role to play in the full range of provision . |
| 10 | At the same time the contemporary composers Satie , Auric , Honegger , Poulenc , Milhaud and Germaine Taillefer had their works played on the piano by the Brazilian pianist Ricardo Vines . |
| 11 | All the adults pronounced the name of Balmoral with a unique excitement ; the cousins were soberly proud of their duty to play with the royal children . |
| 12 | She pulled away , surprised eyes sparkling , and let her hands play with the back of my neck : I tasted sweet lipstick . |
| 13 | Henry 's mother hardly left his side but he improved and at 8pm on 31 March she went to have something to eat , leaving her son playing in the doorway of his room . |
| 14 | I hoped that Herta would spend some of her time playing with the little Wirthses . |
| 15 | Robyn watched as his hands moulded and caressed each silken mound , heard the gasp of delight escape from her own lips as his fingers played with the darkened peaks . |
| 16 | What part , for example , did his teaching play in the increasing secularization of modern society ? |
| 17 | His mouth played over the silken plane of her stomach , drifting down over the pliant swelling of her abdomen , and little whimpering cries broke from her lips . |
| 18 | His eyes played over the building in front of them — a jumble of towers , crenellations and massive walls with a sagging Rag of St George above the gatehouse picked out in the beam of a spotlight . |
| 19 | Dexter let his eyes play over the clutter designed to bless the pub with a friendly air : two post horns slung like bombs from the ceiling , mock Tudor beams , lines of plates balanced on every available ledge , and a grubby portrait of the Queen hung in dusty splendour above the bar . |
| 20 | He let his mind play over the man as he had felt him at their meeting , as he now knew him from his books : vain , opinionated , hearty , joky . |
| 21 | MAXIM Vengerov dazzled everyone who heard his winning playing at the 1990 Carl Flesch Violin Competition in London . |
| 22 | Many of his compositions play with the merging of foreground , middle-distance and background details into one overlapping pattern . |
| 23 | Before she could withdraw it his teeth had closed lightly , trapping it there , while his tongue played over the sensitive tip . |
| 24 | ‘ Every day Smailovic risks his life playing to the dead in the graveyards of Sarajevo . |
| 25 | So , as Harriet Ryley reports , he never knew of , and was never honoured for the vital role his plane played in the Second World War . |
| 26 | This side of the war was not especially popular : opponents of the king and of his ministers played on the fact that a good many MPs felt too much money was spent on German commitments . |
| 27 | Robinson was forced off during last Saturday 's 3–0 home defeat by leaders Blackburn and Clarkson suffered his injury playing in the reserves in midweek . |
| 28 | He was a twin and his brother played on the football team . |
| 29 | We too , like the apostles have our part to play in the building of the kingdom because we are not just members of the Church the apostles founded , we are the Church . |
| 30 | A plugger 's job is to get your record played on the radio . |