Example sentences of "playing for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look there 's Hoddle — he 's good when he 's playing for Tottenham but look at him now . ’ |
| 2 | On the other hand they are telling us we are not playing for the money but the love of the sport . |
| 3 | PLAYING FOR KEEPS |
| 4 | Mogilny is playing for the Buffalo Sabres , while other Soviets include the New Jersey Devils ' Viacheslav Fetisov , the former national captain , and the Vancouver Canucks ' forward pair of Vladimir Krutov and Igor Larionov . |
| 5 | Dean Bell will captain his side , Wigan , against his country , New Zealand , on Sunday , knowing he is playing for a Test place . |
| 6 | John Ferguson , Canberra Raiders wing , recalling ‘ 85 RL cup final when playing for Wigan . |
| 7 | Another troublesome shoulder , that belonging to Dean Richards , will be X-rayed within the next 10 days to determine whether the Leicester No. 8 has any chance of playing for England against Fiji on 4 November . |
| 8 | ‘ What better note to end it on than to win in a team situation and when you are playing for your country ? |
| 9 | But the team that plays the Dutch is playing for the future — for the 1992 European finals . ’ |
| 10 | Included in the Australian contingent for Sunday 's match are Simon Poidevin , who leads the side , Bill Calcraft and Enrique Rodriguez , the prop who turned out for Argentina before emigrating and playing for Australia . |
| 11 | ‘ But as much as I 'd like to continue playing for the North , I suddenly thought there 's more to life than sitting on the M1 . |
| 12 | This view was reflected by one observer in Rabat , who said : ‘ He ( King Hassan ) has so clearly been playing for time . |
| 13 | Thus there were complaints about Jonathan Davies ‘ not trying ’ when he was playing for Llanelli ( and previously for Neath ) as he tried when he was playing for Wales . |
| 14 | Thus there were complaints about Jonathan Davies ‘ not trying ’ when he was playing for Llanelli ( and previously for Neath ) as he tried when he was playing for Wales . |
| 15 | Celtic are likely to be without the last Parkhead man to score , Joe Miller , injured playing for the Scotland Under-21s in midweek . |
| 16 | I had been playing for about five minutes when there was a very loud explosion very close at hand . |
| 17 | The first stage of any band 's life is playing for fun . |
| 18 | Of full-time professionals playing for a major club like Sheffield United in 1934–5 only four out of twenty-one were on the maximum wage . |
| 19 | Like yourselves , you see us lot playing for Heriots and see fellers going in hard , and say I can be just as hard . ’ |
| 20 | One of the game 's most effective finishers , the Great Britain centre suffered a bad ankle injury playing for Yorkshire against Lancashire in September . |
| 21 | Whitson , who was also sent off while playing for Newbridge three years ago , will miss the next tie against Ystrad Rhondda and seven Merit Table club games . |
| 22 | Whitson , who was also sent off while playing for Newbridge three years ago , will miss the next tie against Ystrad Rhondda and seven Merit Table club games . |
| 23 | When I first came across him in 1982 he was playing for Exeter University in a sevens game at Twickenham . |
| 24 | But if Butcher , who damaged a knee playing for Rangers on Saturday , and Wright , who aggravated a neck injury playing for Derby County , have to drop out , the Arsenal captain will be promoted back to the senior squad . |
| 25 | But if Butcher , who damaged a knee playing for Rangers on Saturday , and Wright , who aggravated a neck injury playing for Derby County , have to drop out , the Arsenal captain will be promoted back to the senior squad . |
| 26 | ‘ If Wegerle 's interested in playing for England , I 'll put him in my next B squad , ’ said Robson . |
| 27 | Morris was concussed playing for the North at the weekend . |
| 28 | The other two goalkeepers in the England squad , David Luckes and Craig Winter , are sure to be on view at the Buttermen tournament , playing for England juniors and Bromley respectively . |
| 29 | Then he turned up playing for Real Madrid . |
| 30 | Romanians , Czechs and Soviets may still be playing for national honour next summer but they will also be in the shop window and the busiest men in Italy during June will be the agents . |