Example sentences of "[verb] up playing " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've also completed a 15 day tour of the North with the Stan Barker Trio and had honed up playing together . |
| 2 | One of the things I did learn from the last tour was to rehearse enough material so that you do n't get fed up playing the same things over and over again . ’ |
| 3 | Then he turned up playing for Real Madrid . |
| 4 | I must say it 's pretty funny that a chap like him ends up playing a Jesuit priest having doctrinal disputes in the rain forest . |
| 5 | And it was only after John had given up playing that Palace at last fell out of the 1st Division , so it was only right that in September 1974 the club gave him a richly deserved Testimonial for his magnificent services . |
| 6 | The knee injury forced him to give up playing at 23 . |
| 7 | This has transformed my initial excitement to disappointment and I find myself becoming disillusioned with the game to the point of considering giving up playing . |
| 8 | Since giving up playing the piano in the Soho bar , he had had a job as a receptionist and switchboard operator in a hospice in Kilburn . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's now made a brave decision in many respects , because he 's been brought up playing for one club in one way . |
| 10 | Heads of United States government departments usually end up playing one of two roles . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Taking their inspiration from the likes of Can , Fred ‘ Sonic ’ Smith of proto-punk rockers MC5 and Dinosaur Jr 's J Mascis , it was never really likely the pair would end up playing 18 minute ambient bliss-out Pink Floyd covers . |
| 13 | It 's hard now to see how The Shamen will keep the club vibe going in the stadiums they will undoubtedly end up playing , how Colin will avoid the rock postures he hates so much . |
| 14 | They 're trying to arrange a ‘ mutually convenient ’ date ( and in the back of their minds they also want it to still be on sky … so unless we both get knocked out of the FA cup this weekend ( perish the thought ) we 'll probably end up playing a saturday and the following monday if moneygrabber silver is owt to do with it . |
| 15 | ‘ You could end up playing with fire . ’ |
| 16 | DUNDEE 'S young Sunday footballers could end up playing illegally on council pitches after Dundee District Council 's Labour administration raised the cost of hiring pitches and dressing rooms last night . |
| 17 | He said what he thought teams could end up playing on the pitches without paying for them , and it would be up to the council whether it called police to remove the players . |
| 18 | She added : ‘ If she visited his apartment , they would end up playing in his bed . |
| 19 | Valdano , who gave up playing after struggling to throw off a viral-hepatitis problem , has agreed to attempt the unlikely come-back . |
| 20 | Valdano , who gave up playing after struggling to throw off a viral-hepatitis problem , has agreed to attempt the unlikely come-back . |
| 21 | When these same hands gave up playing under the onslaught of feline affection , the cat would wander off , but if they then began to play again , the cat immediately dashed back and resumed its licking . |
| 22 | How might life be different if you gave up playing this game ? |
| 23 | He gave up playing the field and married a year ago , to a sinewy woman called Cheryl Berkoff . |
| 24 | Awarded an OBE the year after captaining England 's World Cup winning side , he won 108 international caps and since he gave up playing has been involved in football management and various business ventures . |
| 25 | But you have to put your ass into it — you 've got to end up playing it like another instrument like a guitar or a piano and getting down with it . |
| 26 | Although the story of my doing Balthazar B and the Beastly Beatitudes is a bit strange inasmuch as I ended up playing the part that was completely opposite from the one I was originally intended to do . |
| 27 | Wednesday , who was now Saturday , helped in the search but most of the time they ended up playing in the corridors . |
| 28 | Hopper will probably agree that he — and the movie — were saved by Nicholson who was sent down by Rafelson as a trouble-shooter in the role of executive producer and ended up playing the third man , the part reserved for Rip Torn . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | The band was called Touching Home and we got a lot of church functions and ended up playing for the American community there . ’ |