Example sentences of "his [noun sg] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What part , for example , did his teaching play in the increasing secularization of modern society ? |
| 2 | His mouth played over the silken plane of her stomach , drifting down over the pliant swelling of her abdomen , and little whimpering cries broke from her lips . |
| 3 | He let his mind play over the man as he had felt him at their meeting , as he now knew him from his books : vain , opinionated , hearty , joky . |
| 4 | MAXIM Vengerov dazzled everyone who heard his winning playing at the 1990 Carl Flesch Violin Competition in London . |
| 5 | Before she could withdraw it his teeth had closed lightly , trapping it there , while his tongue played over the sensitive tip . |
| 6 | ‘ Every day Smailovic risks his life playing to the dead in the graveyards of Sarajevo . |
| 7 | So , as Harriet Ryley reports , he never knew of , and was never honoured for the vital role his plane played in the Second World War . |
| 8 | Robinson was forced off during last Saturday 's 3–0 home defeat by leaders Blackburn and Clarkson suffered his injury playing in the reserves in midweek . |
| 9 | He was a twin and his brother played on the football team . |