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Example sentences for "could play"

  • When I thought I could play it, I went to Liszt, though with a trembling heart.

  • Niccolo possessed a sort of haughty self-confidence that aggravated the master; he believed in himself and was fond of showing that he could play in a way no one else could.

  • When he was ten years old he could play as well as his father, and a year or so thereafter could play better.

  • I had also appeared for the first time as Lady Teazle--a part which I wish I was not too old to play now, for I could play it better.

  • Tibeats, at the time of my sale, had informed him I could play on the violin.

  • Standing near him, I made bold to inquire if he could play the "Virginia Reel.

  • He answered he could not, and asked me if I could play.

  • As a freshman he was not eligible for the Yale varsity nine, but he could play on his class team, and he was glad the chance had come to him.

  • There was good reason, for he would not train, and, though he could play brilliantly at times, he could not be depended on.

  • And, without in the least wishing misfortune to a fellow student, how Andy did wish he could play!

  • I verily believe if Allan were forced to do it, he could play in any part of the field with a few minutes' notice.

  • He did not, however, give up his music, though he could play so little.

  • He was surprised that this little fellow could play much of Handel's music.

  • As Schumann listened, he thought: "I should be perfectly happy if I could play as well on the piano as that man plays upon the violin.

  • Little John had learned so rapidly under his brother's instruction that soon he could play almost as well as the organist himself.

  • Just as soon as they had taught me so that I could play at all, I began to play in my own way.

  • To hear him talk you wouldn't suppose he could play at all.

  • I wish you were here now so that I could play you a set of little variations by Beethoven called, "I've only got a little hut.

  • Though I had long wished to do so, I never had heard it before, and as I listened I felt as if I never could leave Deppe until I could play that!


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    could answer; could easily; could feel; could gather; could give; could guess; could hope; could learn; could not help laughing; could not tell what; could obtain; could offer; could paint; could read; could remember; could ride; could sell; could sing; could spare; could swim; could venture; couldst thou; often spoke; put the; there and; you hear