Example sentences of "[pers pn] to play [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One good thing to come out of it was that it inspired me to play guitar and turned me into the person I am . ’ |
| 2 | Never ask me to play tennis with you again . |
| 3 | MY HUSBAND Leslie taught me to play golf when I was about 20 . |
| 4 | And he 's going to teach me to play squash . ’ |
| 5 | Before Glastonbury got past it , we used to play a lot of bridge and although he was never a real gambler , he used to enjoy going to casinos with me to play backgammon . ’ |
| 6 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She 's convinced he 's innocent of Angy 's murder and she only wants me to play detective and find the real killer ! |
| 8 | The Queen has invited me to play croquet , and I must go and get ready . ’ |
| 9 | I thought of all the extra equipment his money would buy for Masquerade , and that 's how I tried to justify my acceptance of the senator 's proposal , but in reality it was because Crowninshield had invited me to play Galahad and I never could resist the lure of the dragon 's breath even if it did mean charging into idiocy like a fool . |
| 10 | When I left school I would n't go on with me dad at first , I said I wanted to play football and me dad did n't want me to play football and he said you ca n't do a milkround and play football . |
| 11 | ‘ Michael was in a play in London and he came in and kept asking me to play Donovan 's Catch the Wind , ’ recalled Gabrielle . |
| 12 | When I helped him into bed he said , with some echo of his old authority , that nothing was to change while he was here ; that I was to go on with my work ; that he would teach me to play chess at last ; that he was absolutely thrilled to be out of hospital , and it would be a positive delight to look after himself . |
| 13 | Aunt Emily said you should teach me to play chess . ’ |
| 14 | But I have to admit that in the past I have been offended by people saying that it 's just formula for me to play melodies and structures that come to me very naturally . |
| 15 | I remember Menuhin writing that Karajan protects his musicians , sees they are well paid , ensures the quality of their instruments , encourages them to play chamber music , and generally boosts their morale … |
| 16 | They kept open house , and in the evenings half a dozen Zuwaya neighbours regularly visited them to play cards and to gossip after supper . |
| 17 | She wondered if there was any hope of getting them to play cards after supper instead of watching telly . |
| 18 | It is easy for them to play football , it 's like other sports but I mean , people say that sports is nay for women ! |
| 19 | Putting his Minnehaha Minstrels experience to good use , Tiller trained them to play banjos and mandolins , and to sing in harmony as well as high kick . |
| 20 | You know I do n't like you to play games without me , but you went ahead regardless . |
| 21 | When I remarked that Karl Marx is reputed to have said : ‘ Chess has one great quality — it teaches you to play chess , ’ Zsofia laughed merrily . |
| 22 | Who can resist that surplus value of necessary superfluousness ( without futility there can be no real sense of luxury ) represented by the random key that allows you to play tracks in any order you like ? |
| 23 | Pickerage said Frome was going to teach him to play squash , and then take him home to introduce him to his parents . |
| 24 | Then the Aldwych Theatre suddenly asked him to play Bottom in A Midsummer Night 's Dream for the Royal Shakespeare Company . |
| 25 | If he 's glaringly out , I 'll then use the template I 've made from the bass and snare samples , quantise that and get him to play cymbals and hi-hat again on top . |
| 26 | Hindley asked him to play cards , and when he discovered Heathcliff had a lot of money , invited him to stay there . |
| 27 | In 1987 , I founded by prestigious First Turkey of the Christmas Season award and gave it to the British banker who had lent ( and lost ) £500,000 to a penniless student for him to play stock market futures . |
| 28 | His three-year contract with Wigan only allows him one season abroad and he does not believe Britain 's champion team will permit him to play club football in Australia again . |
| 29 | His three-year contract with Wigan only allows him one season abroad and he does not believe Britain 's champion team will permit him to play club football in Australia again . |
| 30 | Wigan only allows him one season abroad and he does not believe Britain 's champion team will permit him to play club football in Australia again . |