Example sentences of "played [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She claimed she had never realised the significance of the tape , which she played for the first time ‘ weeks later ’ . |
| 2 | No I do n't think so , everybody 's disappointed , especially after the way we played in the first half , but erm on our second half performance , I suppose we can just count ourselves lucky we come away with a point . |
| 3 | And as you said , really some of the football played in the first half was quite delightful was n't it ? |
| 4 | Bradley , who played in the first World Cup in 1987 , was still in the Irish team the following season but , apart from an appearance against Wales when Gus Aherne was injured in 1990 , he became the forgotten man . |
| 5 | By such standards both footballers and cricketers , provided they were among the minority who avoided injury and played in the first team , were quite well off for a few years . |