Example sentences of "playing well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , composer-conductors like Pierre Boulez or Oliver Knussen have cajoled orchestras into playing better than they ever knew how , by extending their technique , especially in contemporary repertoire . |
| 2 | Pollini 's technique is legendary , and I can only report that in his fiftieth year ( a large retrospective mid-price boxed set please , DG ! ) , there are still no discernible chinks in the armour ( indeed , a recent Petrushka Three Movements at the RFH would appear to suggest that he is , if anything , playing better than ever ) ! |
| 3 | ‘ I was very impressed with the way he played , but then I realised how daunting it was that there were 20 or 30 guys on the Tour playing better than him , ’ he says . |
| 4 | The band are well past their 150th gig of the tour now and Mark insists that they 're playing better than ever : ‘ Everyone plays great and we all get on really well … ’ |
| 5 | At one point there was real concern about his future but he is now back and playing better than when he was first picked by England . ’ |
| 6 | He is now playing better than any time in his career and we are delighted he is continuing . ’ |
| 7 | I think I 'm playing better than last month when I won the Rothmans Grand Prix . ’ |
| 8 | We are playing better than last season . |
| 9 | SCHMEICHEL : ‘ We 're playing better than last season ’ |
| 10 | ‘ A lot of people have told us we 've been playing better than last season but we have n't produced winning football . |
| 11 | Not because I thought I should have been picked there were at least 15 guys playing better than me but because I had n't performed as I felt I should have done . |
| 12 | But Wilkins , at 36 playing better than ever , was instrumental in the club 's 2-0 win at Wimbledon and said : ’ We were committed and in the end we came through . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Every match I am playing better and better , ’ said Stich , who revealed that marriage to German actress Jessica Stockman nine months ago helped put his career back on track after he had slumped as low as 17 in the world last year . |
| 14 | ‘ We are playing better and looking forward to Rangers ’ visit all the more because of UEFA 's decision to allow our fans to see the match . |
| 15 | He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We 've been playing well but ca n't seem to find the net , ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ I had been playing well since I returned from America , but the putts have just not dropped . |
| 18 | Montana said : ‘ Steve and the team are playing well so they are not going to take a chance of throwing me in unless they have to . ’ |
| 19 | I am still playing well and still enjoying it , so why not ? ’ she said . |
| 20 | In fact Ron Atkinson 's team are playing well and , with Ray Wallace out of the Southampton defence , will be confident of improving a wretched away record , especially if the other Atkinson starts hitting the target . |
| 21 | ‘ I was playing well and making chances . |
| 22 | ‘ But I 'm playing well and swinging well . |
| 23 | When he was playing well and winning , he still hit diabolical shots that you could n't believe . |
| 24 | Both are playing well and should prove a strong partnership with Richardson 's flair for birdies allied to Gilford 's skill around the greens . |
| 25 | Her husband , who was carrying her clubs and who , in golfing terms , is very much of the conservative half of the partnership , had refrained from protesting , presumably on the grounds that his wife had been playing well and was ‘ up ’ for the shot . |
| 26 | Can you imagine the effect on a monthly medal field if the members dropped out on the basis that they had not been playing well and they felt they were unable to stand the pressure ? |
| 27 | It sure is frustrating this playing well and still losing . |
| 28 | I know we are playing well and Sunderland are a bag of shite but its a cup match and we seem to be shit at cup matches . |
| 29 | Joey says that things are going very well … the team is playing well and he 's managing to get lots of chances … |
| 30 | They 've been playing well and creating chances . |