Example sentences of "[not/n't] played a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The keeper , who has not played a first team game since October , made several fine saves to keep a Palace-dominated opening period goalless . |
2 | Black could operate on the right for there is no challenge now from Robbie Dennison ( Wolverhampton Wanderers ) who did not sign his new contract until earlier this week and has not played a first team game this season — missing out also on the club 's Scandinavian tour . |
3 | It is typical of British tennis that Annabel Croft , who had not played a serious match for five years , should celebrate a light-hearted comeback by beating one of our brightest prospects who has just taken up the game professionally . |
4 | The Earth 's atmosphere has not played a similar role , because of the comparatively low rate of heat transport from the interior , via solid phase convection . |
5 | His clubmate , Craig Chalmers , has maybe not played a better all-round international since New Zealand in 1990 . |
6 | ABERDEEN 's Stewart McKimmie , who has not played a first-team game for seven months because of a knee injury , could be recalled for the Scottish Cup , quarter-final replay with Clydebank , at Kilbowie Park , tonight . |
7 | Ian Ferguson , of Rangers , who has not played a competitive match for six weeks , was last night called into the squad in response to other doubts surrounding the fitness of Leeds United 's Gary McAllister , Eoin Jess ( Aberdeen ) and the Hearts pair , John Robertson and Alan McLaren . |
8 | LAST September Paddy Ashdown dismissively described David Alton the Liberal Democrat MP for Mossley Hill thus : ‘ It is true that David has not played a large national part in the Liberal Democrats since our reform in 1988 . ’ |
9 | Stanley , Signor , Lidgard & Karr ( 1981 ) present some cogent criticism of the work of Raup and his associates and establish that chance factors have not played a dominant role in producing dramatic changes in diversity . |
10 | I have n't played a major tournament for ages . |
11 | You have n't played a single ball off our cushion yet have you ? |
12 | He has n't played a competitive game since , but turned out with an Ulster XV in the unlikely setting of Sheephaven Bay yesterday to mark the local club 's introduction into the Ulster League . |