Example sentences of "he could play " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that he owned his own studio by the banks of the River Colne he could play the mogul to the technicians , artists and directors he had gathered there . |
| 2 | Before that Gloucester , in an inspired spell , twice came close to equalising , through the lorry driver Steve Talboys , up at 5am so that he could play , and Townsend . |
| 3 | There is still , however , a possibility he could play at centre-back against Lithuania as Gerry Taggart is under treatment for a hamstring injury . |
| 4 | As with other defectors , the glory went to Golitsin 's head and he was soon proposing that he be allowed to establish a world-wide intelligence research organisation with unlimited funds so that he could play out his fantasies against the KGB . |
| 5 | As he sang , the tears flowed from the bandages , sliding slowly down his pale cheeks , till Donald , playing for him , wished he could play one-handed to wipe his own eyes . |
| 6 | But of the two , her father was the more proficient at acting out his part , for he could play the jolly man , the thoughtful husband , and the caring parent . |
| 7 | Perhaps Ron did not have the greatest technical ability , but his commitment was never questioned and he could play pretty effectively on either flank so that he was therefore a useful defender . |
| 8 | He could play both instruments himself . |
| 9 | It was the end , he could play no more . |
| 10 | But the man whom he promised to come back and visit had been there for twenty years , the oldest inhabitant , as the turnkey would tell newcomers ; he could play the piano and speak fluent French and Italian . |
| 11 | Gabi told me he used to play along to Django Reinhardt and Count Basie records — if you wanted to hear Gabby play One O'Clock Jump then you had it , he could play all that shit . |
| 12 | He appealed to most New Zealand judges simply because he made good use of the blindside , mixed up his passes and kicks and generally gave the impression that he could play the percentages very much in the New Zealand fashion . |
| 13 | Unknown to the man who won more downhills than any other racer in history , the local ski patrol spent most of the night clearing snow by hand from the third tee and green at the local golf course in Copper Creek , the highest 18-hole golf course in North America , so that he could play golf on his birthday . |
| 14 | However , he recognized that the days when he could play the benign ruler , satisfying the grievances of his subjects and punishing guilty lesser officials , were waning — even if he had nothing more positive to put in its place . |
| 15 | Black thought that he could play 1 … f6 here to chase the white bishop away from e5 . |
| 16 | ‘ If I felt there was a part that he could play and he felt he could play it — and if it was reasonable to ask him — I would bear that in mind . |
| 17 | ‘ If I felt there was a part that he could play and he felt he could play it — and if it was reasonable to ask him — I would bear that in mind . |
| 18 | GAZZA checks the right knee after the knock that caused much alarm -but now he could play on Sunday |
| 19 | He could play his first match for Lazio on Sunday September 13 at home to Fiorentina . |
| 20 | ‘ HE COULD play the guitar just like a-ringing a bell . ’ |
| 21 | He did not know if he could play the flute and he was afraid to try . |
| 22 | Jarvis 's train set , the one which had diverted him from his mother 's grief on the day her father hanged himself , was laid out on the floor in Lower Six , a classroom on the top floor , and Jarvis had told Jasper he could play with it whenever he liked . |
| 23 | He was a lame and sickly child ; at Harrow , where he was sent as a home-boarder , he could play no games . |
| 24 | And by he could play it . |
| 25 | ‘ I reckon he could play in the Premier League and I 've no hesitation in saying that . ’ |
| 26 | He again failed to acknowledge the part that he could play in reducing the odds which are stacked against women and shackle them in the way that he described . |
| 27 | for thinking he could play two pipes at once . |
| 28 | He could play the flute and compose verse . |
| 29 | Equally it might be argued that since withdrawal from NATO was the last card he could play in his campaign against American influence , short of defecting from the West altogether , there were good reasons not to play it until it seemed likely to be effective or became absolutely necessary . |
| 30 | ‘ He was a good actor limited to the parts he could play , but he was n't an attractive man . |