Example sentences of "i [verb] [be] playing [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been playing slide for years and I found myself in a blues band . |
| 2 | A Spanish recruit I had been playing poker against started making faces and gesturing behind the Padre 's back , when suddenly , without taking his eyes off the Frenchman to whom he had been talking , the priest jerked his elbow backwards into the Spaniard 's face , slamming him against an oven . |
| 3 | At the time I was playing a Les Paul , which was n't my first choice because I had been playing Telecasters when Stevie ( Nicks ) and I were working together before we joined Fleetwood Mac , but when we joined the band there was an existing sound and the Telecaster was n't cutting it . |
| 4 | The only other experience I had was playing Essie in Shaw 's play The Devil 's Disciple at Leeds … |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been playing patience all afternoon , Miss Danziger ! |
| 6 | I 've been playing tennis . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , look at my racquet , Mam ; I 've been playing tennis . ’ |
| 8 | But I 've been playing badminton and I sweat man . |
| 9 | I 'm thirty-five and I 've been playing drums for thirty years , almost . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been playing Jimi 's stuff live for about fifteen years , now , ’ says Hansen , ‘ but The Ventures was what I listened to first , then it was The Stones and The Beatles . |
| 11 | Ever since it was revealed that Grant has a boat I have been playing mind games to get him to invite us . |
| 12 | AB : Most recently I have been playing Brahms 's 2nd Concerto a great deal after a break of several years . |