Example sentences of "[vb mod] to play [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ It is the people hereabouts that I like , ’ said Mr Crump , feeling the silence as censure and well aware that he ought to play a proper part in the conversation . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe you ought to play the field a bit , ’ Gilda suggested . |
| 3 | Like when I used to play a seeded player , I did n't think ‘ OK , I 'm going to lose to a seed ’ but ‘ All right — this is my opportunity to beat a seed ’ . ’ |
| 4 | This is a playground game that we used to play a lot when I was young . |
| 5 | Pedalling home , I used to play a game — that with every light I saw on in a house , I would get £1,000 a year . |
| 6 | When he was a child of about ten or eleven , William used to play a kind of game with his shadow , except that it was n't a game , really , it was deadly serious . |
| 7 | For instance , they used to play a kind of game ( about twice a week , or rather more often if Odilo put his foot down ) , where she must lie still and show no sign of life , throughout . |
| 8 | I used to play a lot of badminton and swimming but I 've got bored out of my ears so it 's something to keep fit . |
| 9 | She used to play a lot of Schumann . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | One of today 's most distinguished ( though not yet knighted ) evolutionary theorists so seldom cleans his glasses that his vision is probably a misty blur anyway , but he seems to get along pretty well and , by his own account , he used to play a mean game of monocular squash . |
| 12 | Yeah I used to play a lot of football when I was a young guy like you |
| 13 | ‘ I used to play a lot of football but I 'm too old now . ’ |
| 14 | You used to play a lot . |
| 15 | Aye and mind the lasses they used to play a lot with instead of marbles they were working with . |
| 16 | Oh yes I used to I used to play a lot when I left the the the these places you know . |
| 17 | Mum and dad used to play a lot of bridge |
| 18 | It 's hard to believe that the man who used to play the bass in a sullen and studenty pop group called The Housemartins is the creator of this year 's most significant number one single , but the success of ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is a sing that things have truly changed for the better . |
| 19 | He explained that when he used to play the Ravel Trio with his family , they would often remark on the fullness of texture ( particularly in the piano part ) which almost cried out for orchestral treatment . |
| 20 | ‘ I used to play the clarinet , you see . |
| 21 | Dad had often spoken about the Railway Hotel just across the road from what remained of the station , and how he used to play the battered old piano and have a sing-song with his pals . |
| 22 | I knew all about them when they were called the Savage Sausages and they used to play the Powerhaus singing ‘ Louie Louie ’ through a 20 watt PA … |
| 23 | ‘ Mum used to play the wireless and turn on all the bath taps as soon as he came in . |
| 24 | Erm , we had a erm , I had an aunt and uncle , they lived in Southend , and they used to like to come up and perform em , he had a violin and she used to play the piano , and my erm , father did n't really care for the music , but they liked sort of opera and stuff like that |
| 25 | They always used to play the National Anthem before . |
| 26 | We always used to play the like you never see what is going on and never know the problems involved in being , that , that was what was good about the , the R A interview . |