Example sentences of "to play for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. F.W. Dee ( Company Secretary at the Brewery and brother to found Harry Dee ) had been down to play for Henley but had to withdraw ‘ having arranged to play for Peppard ’ . |
| 2 | We used to play for money , he and I , twenty years ago . |
| 3 | Neither Dobson nor Hunter is eligible to play for Ulster in next season 's inter pros , but they could line out with the Exiles Under-21s . |
| 4 | He remembers being there the night the great man came to Feethams to play for Southampton in a match to mark Darlington 's centenary . |
| 5 | Earlier that season Stewart had turned down the chance of an amateur international cap for England against Wales in order to play for Casuals against Wimbledon . |
| 6 | Russell , who is again captain of the touring squad , again travelled to New Zealand to play for Mount Maunganui and while the team did not fare too well , the Stirling County professional was pleased with his form , averaging over 40 and taking quite a few wickets . |
| 7 | The giant Norwegian international was due to join his country for their friendly against Sweden next Wednesday — but now he may be needed to play for Spurs against champions Leeds at Elland Road on Tuesday . |
| 8 | I wanted to do a comedy because I do n't get much chance to play for laughs in Beverly Hills . |
| 9 | Robinson , made redundant by the takeover of Camerons Brewery , where he had worked for 19 years , will continue to play for West for the rest of the season . |
| 10 | Before losing out to Northampton who were bullies , I was at that match at Buckingham Road and I thought they were bullies , especially Bobby Barnes , not the wrestler , used to play for West Ham , but he plays for Northampton now , he 's gone now , but they were , they , they were naughty . |
| 11 | Such a good baby , Rose confirmed to Madame Martin : happy to play for hours on her own . |
| 12 | Kernaghan is eligible to play for Eire . |
| 13 | The Dutch striker , whose scoring touch has been badly missed , hopes to play for part of next Sunday 's away game at newly promoted Cremonese . |
| 14 | Erm next year I 'm going to play for Liverpool , Everton , Tranmere Rovers , Chelsea and erm |
| 15 | the pair were spending a season in New Zealand at the invitation of McIntosh 's elder brother , Shane , who had himself played for Pontypridd and has recently returned to Britain to play for West of Scotland . |
| 16 | DEFIANT Dave Beasant last night spoke for the first time since his week-end goalkeeping torment and insisted : ‘ I still want to play for Chelsea . ’ |
| 17 | They expect to be in Japan for two years and will thus be eligible to play for Suntori in the national championship next season . |
| 18 | At the time she chose to take British citizenship , which was her right and elected to try to play for Britain . |
| 19 | A member of the Wadesbridge Camels side from the age of 13 , he was finally given the opportunity to play for Redruth in 1982 . |
| 20 | But his team-mates are quite happy to play for Amanda , 19 — ex-host of Channel 4 's The Word . |
| 21 | What the world is saying Former Bonn ambassador writes What it means for arms control All to hail , and all to play for WSLeader Comment , page 22 |
| 22 | I was upset because I was proud to play for Scotland but the crowd 's reaction only acted as a spur . |
| 23 | Yet despite admitting that would love to play for New Zealand , and that he had no intention of using his Scottish connections when he first came to play in Britain , McIntosh fiercely defends his right to play for Scotland . |
| 24 | I 've known him since our youth days and we became quite friendly when we were picked to play for Scotland 's Under-20 side together a few years back . |
| 25 | ‘ They will want to be playing in the World Cup — yet I 've seen Steve Nicol decide he does n't want to play for Scotland anymore . |
| 26 | That arrangement meant Brian McClair and Gary McAllister turned up to play for Scotland in something less than prime condition . |
| 27 | Mr. F.W. Dee ( Company Secretary at the Brewery and brother to found Harry Dee ) had been down to play for Henley but had to withdraw ‘ having arranged to play for Peppard ’ . |
| 28 | But the one-time British No 1 , who came to Telford to play for fun , had her chances to further dent the reputations of the nation 's full-time players when she led 5–1 in the second set . |
| 29 | JUNE 14 : Today I was selected to play for Heartaches CC ( prop : T. Rice ) against the might of J.P . |
| 30 | Richard Langhorn , the No. 8 whose stitches resulted in a letter of complaint to Swansea by Harlequins , has been passed fit to play for Quins in this weekend 's First Division game at Bedford . |