Example sentences of "played [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 , Robben played guitar for Miles Davis , whom he had often cited as his greatest influence . |
| 2 | Capped by Durham County at cricket , he also played football for Bishop Auckland reserves in the 1950s . |
| 3 | He also played football for Salisbury Corinthians . |
| 4 | Many international cricketers played for Julien Cahn 's team in the 1920s and '30s and R.W.V. Robins ( who also played football for Nottingham Forest ) , C.S. Dempster , R.C. Blunt , R.J. Crisp , D.P.B. Morkel and the Australians Vic Jackson and Jack Walsh were all involved from time to time . |
| 5 | He played soccer for Middlesbrough in the immediate post-war years and , in 1950 , moved to Portsmouth where he played professionally until 1958 , after which he drifted away from the club never to contact Portsmouth again ( W. J. B. Davis , Portsmouth FC Secretary , personal communication , 1979 ) . |
| 6 | The talented Davies played soccer for Wales Schools Under-15s while at Pencoed Comprehensive , a rugby school , before switching codes in the sixth form to captain Wales Schools at rugby . |
| 7 | Grayson played soccer for Parklands High School before going on to Preston College where he played a little rugby in 1989 but never thought of taking up the game . |
| 8 | Like his elder brothers J. E. Kynaston Studd ( later first baronet , q.v. ) and G. B. Studd , he played cricket for Eton and Cambridge , captaining both elevens , and for England . |
| 9 | The second son , William , became a master of the Musicians ' Company , and the third , Charles , played cricket for Middlesex and England . |
| 10 | Mr Carter , who played cricket for Darlington over two seasons in 1985 and ‘ 86 , says : ‘ Everyone who visits us admires the house . |
| 11 | We liked to visit Mr Macauley 's shop because his furious brother George played cricket for Yorkshire . |
| 12 | A Bedale lad — his father Adrian is head of PE at the local comp — he also played cricket for Yorkshire at junior levels . |
| 13 | And it was true , I did and er , and I did reasonably well at most of the games that I play but er I played cricket for St John 's and I played when I was in the army at this last time and er , and erm , you , you know it 's I , I think if you make up your mind and you 're fit enough . |
| 14 | Walter played full-back for Trinity Academicals and tennis for Dunblane in his younger days . |
| 15 | His grandfather , George Ritchie , played prop for Scotland against England at Twickenham in 1932 and , still a lively 82 , takes a keen interest in his grandson 's fortunes and indeed watched his international debut from the Murrayfield stand , his first visit there since 1988 . |