Example sentences of "[prep] the player " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the players , there was the prospect of returning to their day jobs with £50 in their pockets , for the landlord there was a healthy night 's takings and for the crowd , even those who had stayed in the bar all evening , there was a nasty ringing in the ears the next morning . |
| 2 | Then there was the emergence of Jimmy Hill , a Fulham player with a grammar school education and a father in the Stock Exchange , as an articulate and shrewd spokesman for the players . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm obviously very disappointed for the players , ’ said the manager , Bobby Graham . |
| 4 | By any stretch of anyone 's imagination it was insane and , coming at the end of a tough Test series , it was extremely tiring for the players . |
| 5 | Now I might have extra players so that there can be some moments of rest for the players in one of the very long symphonies ; but in Bruckner 's day it was often a matter of re-scoring a passage because you knew that the third horn was not a very good player and that is all you had . |
| 6 | Audrey Thorne , the North Bucks chairman , said the banishment from the Inter Counties tournament was a blow , particularly for the players . |
| 7 | The only way I can describe this is to suggest that a normal 6ft putt on an average ‘ club green ’ would run 15ft for the players at the Masters this week . |
| 8 | And marvel ( if Channel 4 has secured a good print ) at nephew Claude Renoir 's colour photography — assertively scarlet and cobalt for the players , decoratively pastel for the court . |
| 9 | The object of the game is for the players to find out who they are . |
| 10 | The game is for the players to find out the system that is used . |
| 11 | Stately horse chestnut trees guard the green , and that sacred piece of greensward , the cricket pitch , laid down in 1929 , is the perfect backdrop for the players in white clothing . |
| 12 | With IMG having just signed up the Wallabies , JIM TUCKER listens to Nick Farr-Jones ' advocacy of greater rewards for the players . |
| 13 | Tour sponsors Tetley Bitter have been unable to persuade customs to allow supplies in for the players . |
| 14 | ‘ A fresh face for the players and some new ideas might do us a lot of good . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The disappointment will be as excruciatingly painful , as anyone can imagine , for the players . |
| 16 | The only way to stop these damaging rumours is for the players to back the manager on the field and start winning games again . |
| 17 | He admitted last night : ‘ I ca n't wait for the players to find their feet in the Premier League . ’ |
| 18 | Players ' union chief Gordon Taylor — whose organisation helped out the United players with wages — said : ‘ We have every sympathy for the players and supporters . |
| 19 | And after being taken off in County 's 2-1 defeat by Watford on Tuesday , Agana ripped off his shirt and headed for the players ' tunnel . |
| 20 | The parade was organised for the players and the public but the day was even more special for 13-year-old Julian Stewart , a sufferer of cerebral palsy . |
| 21 | Ciaran Fitzgerald says that the purpose was to standardise fitness programmes for the players and avoid repetitious work , and to seek to avoid clashes with provincial and national squad sessions . |
| 22 | They help to shape and define the limits of the context of child care work for professionals in much the same way as the rules of a game do for the players . |
| 23 | Fortunately for the players , only accredited golfing journalists were allowed to encroach on the fairways and everyone else was kept firmly behind the ropes and barriers which ran along the perimeter of each hole . |
| 24 | OSF 's singular appearance changes the rules the industry has been playing by for the past few years , narrowing the gap between the two camps , and allowing more room for the players to manoeuvre . |
| 25 | Removing the worry of finding other jobs should make it easier for the players to focus on their cricket and there is also the hope that a couple of the kids to benefit from having our lads coaching them in the winter will develop into Notts players of the future . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's only for the players and the managers . |
| 27 | ( Preparing meals for the players was another of her jobs . ) |
| 28 | The crowd ( as ever ) did Leeds proud , were all around the ground and Im sure helped make it another ‘ home game ’ for the players . |
| 29 | The trick is to make the qualification time long enough so that the people who go to a club towards the end of their career and get large transfer bonuses do not qualify , but short enough for the players to feel that they will not have to wait half their lives to get theirs . |
| 30 | Golf the sport 's everyone 's getting interested in these days , there are all sorts among the spectators for the players there 's added interest this year . |