Example sentences of "[noun pl] are playing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For skinheads are playing with the only power at their disposal — the power of having nothing ( much ) to lose . |
| 2 | Your hands are playing with the glass I gave you . |
| 3 | The local stone here is gritstone , much of it brought down I suspect from the quarries on the flanks of Penhill , and on a summer 's evening , when the children are playing on the swings and people are sat talking quietly in the dying sunlight outside the pub while an old dog wanders across the green sniffing his way towards the children , then , when every building is tinted with amber and the gardens are heavy with blooms , it could well be said to be " t'prattiest lal spot i't'Dales " . |
| 4 | Choose a quiet time for training , avoiding periods when you have visitors , for example , or children are playing in the vicinity , as these will be distracting . |
| 5 | Do I know that my children are playing in the garden at home ? |
| 6 | This new notion of defeasibility seems to allow ( probably ) that I now know that my children are playing in the garden , because the second added truth negates the defeating powers of the first . |