Example sentences of "plays for " in BNC.

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1 There is a danger in reading the classics , in that they can come to be regarded simply as literature — so always try to look at them as plays for performance — and , it goes without saying , try to see as much theatre as you can .
2 Schumacher , the former West German international who plays for Fenerbahce , and Pfaff who gives a Belgian flavour to Trabzonspor , have fallen foul of a Turkish federation ban on imported players .
3 ( Steve Ford , who will mark Kirwan , is part of a family double ; brother Phil plays for Leeds against the NZ rugby league tourists tomorrow . )
4 The band plays for quite a bit .
5 McPherson plays for Hearts against Dundee at Tynecastle in the only match in the Premier Division .
6 McPherson plays for Hearts against Dundee at Tynecastle in the only match in the Premier Division .
7 Burruchaga , who scored their winner in the 1986 final , is still there and Caniggia , who like Troglio plays for Verona , is very quick .
8 The disciplinary commission of the Italian League will consider disciplinary action against the Argentinian , who plays for Napoli .
9 Hagi plays for Steaua Bucharest , the army club who have recently won a sponsorship from Ford .
10 I was doing radio plays for the BBC .
11 RORY Underwood makes his last appearance of the season at Twickenham today when he plays for the Royal Air Force against the Army in the crucial final match of this year 's Inter Service tournament .
12 But in fairness to Bunce , who plays for Auckland , he has long been resident in New Zealand and had no thoughts of international rugby until approached by Western Samoa , whose 26-strong World Cup squad included only one player still living in the country .
13 Like Las Vegas money machines — where lights whirl , the jackpot flashes and the sound of cascading money plays for the smallest win — so the sprung plywood floor of the wrestling ring thuds and echoes with exaggerated effect .
14 But even then the East End of London could not have represented the rest of the country ; and even he plays for our pity , opening with a classic portrait of poverty and deprivation .
15 They were two of five Winchester Club players in the nine-member Alton College squad , which also included five county players , and Cathy MacCormack who plays for the South of England under-18 team .
16 RAF Odiham , marshalled by their stand-off who usually plays for Basingstoke , looked dangerous when their backs made a break , but good tackling and covering kept them out .
17 Bluebeard 's wife , about to be killed by her ferocious husband for disobeying his instructions , desperately plays for time as she knows her brothers are on their way to visit her .
18 This example plays for 3 minutes 10 seconds and weighs 2.2 kilograms .
19 On this example , Peter Dawson 's rendition of ‘ God Save The King ’ plays for 22 seconds .
20 Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths , who plays for the South Wales CA Division Five side Burry Port , is spearheading a campaign for a new sports stadium in the town .
21 He currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur ‘ FC ’ where he proceeded to embark upon an intimate friendship with the nutritionally-disordered Ms Mandy Smith .
22 As the sun strikes their heads it plays for a while , scatters silver seed and dances away again , unnoticed .
23 Who plays for the football team you support ?
24 A player joining a new club during the close season or after the season starts will have to wait 30 days if joining a club two leagues higher or lower before he plays for that club in a Courage league game or 120 days if joining a club on the same level or one league higher or lower before he plays for that in a league game ; he waits 180 days if he is not a British passport holder .
25 A player joining a new club during the close season or after the season starts will have to wait 30 days if joining a club two leagues higher or lower before he plays for that club in a Courage league game or 120 days if joining a club on the same level or one league higher or lower before he plays for that in a league game ; he waits 180 days if he is not a British passport holder .
26 ‘ Whenever he plays for Arsenal , there always seems to be so much pressure on him .
27 ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him .
28 STEVE LLOYD , Moseley 's giant Uruguayan-born second row forward , is to be watched by Wales rugby union scout Terry Cobner when he plays for the Barbarians against Leicester on Boxing Day .
29 WHEN Darren O'Leary plays for London against the North in the final round of the ADT Divisional Championship today he will be forgiven if he is caught day-dreaming of England training in sunny Lanzarote .
30 Nowadays , he says , he just plays for fun .
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