Example sentences of "was [v-ing] play [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Finn thought he was going to play hell with her heart he was very much mistaken , and if her carefulness made her life less rich , then that was entirely her own lookout and preferable to the interesting anguish of the uncertain love affair . |
| 2 | He was going to play tricks and take risks with his life and personality and do so in an increasingly wilful and dangerous way . |
| 3 | The suburb was beginning to play tricks on him , to lie about itself . |
| 4 | James was continuing to play cricket throughout this period having become a member of the Maple Club , and while his reputation as a player was growing it was his overall knowledge of the game that brought him most attention . |
| 5 | The boys was trying to play football or something of that kind . |