Example sentences of "playing with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your hands are playing with the glass I gave you . |
| 2 | She is on the floor playing with the family dachshund . |
| 3 | The decade saw the emergence of three European women professionals capable of playing with the world 's best and , better yet , two of them proving it . |
| 4 | The little pulls of wind playing with the leaves were getting stronger now , shaking the petals from the wild roses and throwing them at the diners as if they were confetti . |
| 5 | In yesterday 's second game Short had soon obtained a slight advantage playing with the white pieces , but as the players again ran short of time Karpov obtained strong counterplay on the queenside . |
| 6 | SADIE cuffed the wee boy who was playing with the leather strap that opened the front window and settled down to watch the world rush past and eat her batter . |
| 7 | Flautist Tim Wheater , well known for playing with the group The Eurythmics , suffered an outbreak of lip blisters and ulcers which destroyed his ability to control the flute , and lost him a year 's income . |
| 8 | playing with the hi-fi and the video recorder keeps me on my toes ! |
| 9 | For skinheads are playing with the only power at their disposal — the power of having nothing ( much ) to lose . |
| 10 | CD is playing with the term ‘ pocket-borough ’ , used for a constituency where the electors ' votes were all corruptly controlled by some wealthy individual ( see BOROUGH , CLOSE ) . |
| 11 | Unlikely , but he could amuse himself by playing with the idea . |
| 12 | The Bishop of Peterborough in his diocesan magazine warned of the dangers of playing with the occult and the unknown . |
| 13 | Playing with the wind in the second half , Hanworth had their chances , but found 'keeper Robin Leach equal to their efforts . |
| 14 | I love showing them things , but even when I am alone I enjoy playing with the toys . |
| 15 | Playing with the classroom water trough , some children feel the need to fill , pour and empty continuously . |
| 16 | Several children were playing with the pastry and another child wanted to join in too . |
| 17 | A further four days had elapsed and both Patrick and Tracey were playing with the connector rods . |
| 18 | Donna ( 5.1 ) and Sharon ( 4.10 ) were playing with the All sorts and had made sets with them placing the sets in columns . |
| 19 | Ideas of comparison and ordering come from playing with the many toys with graded components , e.g. Russian nesting dolls , pyramid rings , stacking cubes and boxes . |
| 20 | While playing with the children we can introduce the terms backwards , forwards , in front of , behind , by the side of and next to . |
| 21 | Playing with the things I 've learned from Diebenkorn , and hoping to make it back to London next year . |
| 22 | His eyes swung round the room , but his mother and sister were sitting together on the sofa , playing with the baby , while his father , cup and saucer in hand , stood by the window with his uncles and the fierce-looking old man who was his grandfather . |
| 23 | This whole tune is based on two elements of Will Lee 's plan : playing with the kick , filling around that and creating a melodic hook that shines . |
| 24 | When you were playing with the Floyd , did you use a similar sort of rig ? |
| 25 | Both of these will already be present in the patch to some degree , but if you want more reverb , for instance , this is simply a case of playing with the reverb ‘ level ’ and ‘ time ’ controls . |
| 26 | Late ‘ 76 saw Linda in this country with an excellent show and playing with the same guitarists that had appeared on the album . |
| 27 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 28 | He had quite rightly decided that he could do no good by playing with the Huns at 20,000 feet , so came down to see that none of them got me . ’ |
| 29 | His stage presence lately has been little more than a presence ; he seems happy to stand in the shadows , occupying his usual spot on the drum riser while the spotlight dances on Bez and Bez dances with Rowetta and Rowetta plays with her whip , a caricature bad girl playing with the bad boys . |
| 30 | Both are only playing with the conventions of the mainstream domestic sitcom of the past 30 years , when writers have looked to the theatre ( notably the work of Neil Simon and Alan Ayckbourn ) as a model . |