Example sentences of "was play [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place , then , a most unlikely nursery for one who was to play Hamlet at the Old Vic , Arthur in Camelot , both of them a record number of times on Broadway , a man who was to understand claret and enjoy meetings of several kinds with several princesses . |
| 2 | Mr Waugh denied he was playing poker with the Scottish Office . |
| 3 | I was playing jackstones in the street when Nelly Mitchell ran up with the news that she was going for the midwife . |
| 4 | A girl was playing Chopin in the concert room as Erika went into the lounge . |
| 5 | ‘ On one occasion he was playing Byron at the same time as Richard III , ’ says Miss McCulloch . |
| 6 | A few days after lovingly comparing his wife to a Bavarian cow , he issued divorce proceedings because Ilona was playing footsy with the Italian Love party , a coalition of pornographers — ‘ terrible men , like pimps , ’ Koons told me — seeking publicity for their tawdry wares . |
| 7 | Well , it was , they had this son , this this young lad came erm Stephen Fry was playing part of the the fa |
| 8 | As she passed the back door she noticed that the lid had fallen off the dustbin and the fresh spring wind was playing havoc with the bits of paper and odds and ends that lay strewn on the tiled path . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , I was playing gigs on the club circuit in Milwaukee . |
| 10 | : I was playing football on the playing field at HMS Ganges when suddenly a long bugle call playing the Still sounded from the tannoy system . |
| 11 | One day , a year or so after I had landed at Heathrow , I was playing football in the playground , chasing the ball over the yard in the way of primary school kids , when a teacher , Mr Wright came up to me . |
| 12 | My little boy was playing football in the back garden when he fell over . |