Example sentences of "have [vb pp] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is where family work could be useful helping the whole family to understand the part alcohol has come to play in the life of the vulnerable elderly person , the pattern of abuse , the defensiveness about it , and the likely outcome . |
| 2 | Neil Foster has signed to play in the Currie Cup for South African province Transvaal , as cover for Richard Snell and Clive Rice , who will be in Australasia for the World Cup . |
| 3 | However , the real key to an encouraging performance at the lineout by the home team was surely that , given the choice , England would much have preferred to play under the old lineout laws , Wales under the new . |
| 4 | The bridges are lightweight affairs , complete with handrests ; the six saddles are adjustable for intonation , but for height adjustment you 've got to play with the four screw-legs that hold the whole bridge up . |
| 5 | The US Masters champion said : ‘ To be the best in the world you 've got to play around the world , but I do n't expect to see Americans playing over here . |
| 6 | He had learned to play during the 1940s when record players were still a rarity on the domestic front and so his exposure to jazz came mainly from the radio . |
| 7 | Certainly you are obliged in this game which you have undertaken to play against the reader ( while at the same time telling a good story ) to state the physical circumstances necessary to unmasking the murderer . |
| 8 | Television documentaries have tended to play on the more harrowing aspects of the subject , rather than the normal day-to-day lives . |
| 9 | Up to now Tranmere reserves have had to play in the Midland Senior League , having had several previous applications to join the Pontins League rejected . |
| 10 | Erm I think we 're er er we 're quite clear at the moment that the correct erm interpretation of it from our point of view is as a fixed asset investment and unless something changes in the er constitution of the company , erm although it may be erm the guiding thing become profitable I think one 's got to play by the rules and the rules at the moment say it is n't one . |