Example sentences of "play [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was used for the German Grand Prix in 1985 but its return as a championship circuit was shortlived and it now plays second string to the Hockenheim . |
| 2 | ( will remember from last year 's Summer Fayre ! ) plays wing forward and ( known to us as ‘ little ’ — all 6ft 2in of him ! ) plays second row . |
| 3 | She was the British critics ' favourite on both the Bolshoi 's tours here , but for 20 years she played second fiddle to Grigorovich 's wife , Bessmertnova . |
| 4 | We were probably the better side for long spells whereas we played second fiddle to Portadown the entire match . |
| 5 | He played first a whistle , then a mouth organ , then a trumpet . |
| 6 | He made his début in 1905 versus the touring Australians , and then played first in the county championship in 1906 . |
| 7 | I leave it to you to decide which bullet I played first . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ When we played last time we did n't have any problem , but here they tried to unsettle us because they were really frustrated . |
| 9 | Five of the South Africans played last Wednesday in the final of the Benson and Hedges night series in Johannesburg while a similar number of the West Indians played in the Geddes Grant final on Saturday in Port of Spain . |
| 10 | As he went to the net , he raised one finger in the air as if to acknowledge the banners that proclaimed him No 1 — he might not be but the way he played last night he could be again soon . |
| 11 | HULL are to sign Garry Clark , the former Hull KR and Great Britain winger , who played last season with now-defunct Scarborough Pirates . |
| 12 | In the other match played last night Nigel Bond beat Gary Wilkinson 5–3 to line up an exciting quarter-final tie against Stephen Hendry . |
| 13 | I cant remember who they played last night , but I think the win will mean they will be more than happy with a point . |
| 14 | Seriously , can anyone give us news on how Tinkler 's recovering , and also on whether Forrester , Sharp , and Bowman ( who all played last year ) look like getting a game in the near future . |
| 15 | Oxford United are back on the winning trail but Hereford are still chasing success … they both played last night … |
| 16 | He can handle that computer scrabble beautifully , Bobby and he played last night on his own and he scored one thousand , was it three hundred |
| 17 | That 's where we played last night . |
| 18 | They played last year did n't they ? |
| 19 | Throughout her married life she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband . |
| 20 | Alain Prost , France 's triple world champion , had moved in and Mansell was unwilling to play second fiddle . |
| 21 | Haynes , the senior partner but content to play second fiddle this time , faced 71 balls and hit a six and seven fours , and extended his record one-day aggregate past 7500 runs . |
| 22 | This was still a minor office with little independent authority , and Duncombe continued to play second fiddle to the successive lords treasurer with whom he served . |
| 23 | When in the last quarter of the century , the natural history collections were moved to the new building in South Kensington , and had no longer to play second fiddle to the historical parts and the library , then the number of jobs increased and the scope for research improved . |
| 24 | That a college like the James Watt should be prepared to play second fiddle , should never patronise but should be ready with sensible advice when asked for it . |
| 25 | Although he has usually had to play second fiddle to Jackson , he is a super athlete in his own right , having won silver medals at the European championships ( 4x100 metres ) and Commonwealth Games in 1990 . |
| 26 | Moorhouse who won gold in Seoul attracts the greatest share of publicity , and Gillingham come what may , has appeared destined to play second fiddle . |
| 27 | It was his turn to play first . |
| 28 | Des , having opted for safety , had to play first . |
| 29 | Behind and back up the fairway Andy was waiting for Des to play first from behind the cross bunkers . |
| 30 | Manuel won and elected to play first . |