Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] playing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that I had my dolls and their dolls ' houses , I set about playing with them with the greatest pleasure , and when I visited Wood Green I shut my eyes to some of the realities . |
| 2 | If I keep on playing like that kind of tennis I have a chance of winning the tournament . |
| 3 | Hendry , who has now earned over £200,000 during the 1992-93 season despite his relatively poor run of results , added : ‘ When you believe that you 're the best player in the world it 's very depressing when you keep on playing like an idiot . ’ |
| 4 | It 's one of those nightmarish hands where you end up playing in a no trump contract with absolutely no guard in one of the suits , and the different approach taken by the respective declarers is highly instructive . |
| 5 | ‘ You carry on playing with great belief , with confidence you stay together and put it right . |
| 6 | I think it started before ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ — it started around the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ period with the clothes and I think we started off playing as a duo in the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ period . |
| 7 | If we carry on playing like that , we 've more chance of being relegated . ’ |
| 8 | The knee injury forced him to give up playing at 23 . |
| 9 | Wednesday , who was now Saturday , helped in the search but most of the time they ended up playing in the corridors . |
| 10 | Taylor refuses to say whether Lineker would still be in his team had he carried on playing in England . |
| 11 | Then he turned up playing for Real Madrid . |
| 12 | He carried on playing despite the pain and was singled out for praise by coach Berbizier who thanked him for his dedication and courage . |
| 13 | ‘ And Gabby turned out to be particularly good , which saved him from having to do the usual terrible , crap jobs that the Hawaiians had to do , and he ended up playing for a living in just about every joint in Hawaii — and there were lots of them in those days , because live music was a big thing . |