Example sentences of "asked to play the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elector was a promiscuous man : one of Wendling 's daughters was his ex-mistress , and Mozart wrote that he had been asked to play the piano to the natural children of the elector who were kept nearby in a separate establishment . |
| 2 | He has also been asked to play the lead in an Italian mini-series about the early life of Mussolini , a story which traces the Italian dictator 's transition from humble socialist mine worker to the power-mad founder of the fascist Blackshirts . |
| 3 | ‘ I guess they just want other sorts of women in their movies in Hollywood , ’ she shrugs , saying she 'd rather now have no offers at all than be asked to play the kind of ‘ one-note , bitchy character ’ that has since come her way . |
| 4 | And they may be asked to play the role of " devil 's advocate " , preventing forecasters and marketers a like from becoming complacent and insular , losing sight of the continuous impact of the external environment on the business . |
| 5 | His sordid affairs were none of her concern provided she was n't being asked to play the part of catalyst . |
| 6 | I was first asked to play the piano at a local youth centre by a lady called Gladys Mutimer . |