Example sentences of "have not played [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Manchester City are making a new attempt to sign Colin Hendry , the centre-half who has not played for Blackburn Rovers since failing to agree personal terms with City and Chelsea a month ago .
2 Wright has not played for England since the European Championship game against Holland 18 months ago but Robson has been sufficiently impressed by his League form to recall him to the squad .
3 Griffiths , who has not played for a month because of a rib injury , watched Cardiff overwhelm London Welsh on Saturday and is expected to train with the club next week .
4 Hall has not played for England since , but now has a strong chance of a comeback .
5 Hirst , who scored in his second appearance on the 1991 tour of Australasia , has not played for the senior side since that Wembley game .
6 Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression .
7 ‘ How can we just throw in a lad who has not played for so long ?
8 Liverpool believe Molby 's great early season form has reawakened Nielsen 's interest although he has not played for Denmark for almost three years .
9 Liverpool believe Molby 's great early season form has reawakened Nielsen 's interest although he has not played for Denmark for almost three years .
10 The AC Milan player , who has not played since last May 's European Cup triumph over Steaua Bucharest because of a knee injury , is involved in a contract dispute with the club .
11 Cunningham , who has not played since May 1 has still trained hard , and he admitted yesterday : ‘ Realistically , I could not play in Saturday 's Test that would be a bit early . ’
12 Kevin Ball , who has not played since being carried off injured in the semi-final win over Norwich , is back in contention for a place .
13 Goram has not played since receiving a kick on the knee against FC Brugge ; Gough has missed Rangers ' last five matches because of a hamstring problem ; Steven has played only once during that time , as has Ferguson ; while Huistra last featured in Smith 's team against Arbroath ten days ago when Arbroath were eliminated from the Scottish Cup ten days ago .
14 Parker has not played in United 's last five matches after picking up a hamstring strain on March 14 .
15 Clarke has not played in that position for the last couple of years , but performed excellently .
16 Ipswich had not played at Roots Hall since the 1950s , although Southend were , in fact , their first opponents in the Football League .
17 He had played so extraordinarily fair with her the night before , he reflected , contentedly , that it was as if he had not played at all .
18 The Countess of Tyrone was there too , as were the High Sheriff Mr Brian Thomas , Mr and Mrs Galen Weston , and their tall good-looking son Mr Galen Weston Jnr , who all flew from Windsor by helicopter ; and , who told me he had not played in England for ten years !
19 The " ordinary reader " would infer that the " fixing " had involved the team as well as Packer , and that the captain of the team would have been party to the plot even though he had not played in the match .
20 ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible .
21 Obviously I have not played at any level anywhere near that of Wayne Shelford , but I feel that the sport is quite tough enough without making it downright dangerous !
22 The law-makers , roundly condemned by Brian Moore , England 's hooker , on the nonsensical grounds that they have not played for 40 years , have decided that when a maul — ball in hand — grinds to a halt , or the ball becomes unplayable , the team not in possession at the start of the maul should put the ball into an ensuing scrum .
23 His was the first correct solution selected and he knew the Premier League teams who have not played in European competitions are Crystal Palace , Wimbledon , Oldham , Norwich , Sheffield United , Middlesbrough and Blackburn .
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