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Meanings of play in public in English

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Usage of play in public in English
1
It is rather doubtful whether I shall ever again play in public.'
The Whirlpool
2
If he wanted to put on a play in public, I was game.
Murder and salutations
3
They found it impossible to believe that she would no more play in public.
The Whirlpool
4
I refused many offers to play in public, that I might have more leisure.
The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson, With a Memoir by Arthur Sy...
5
He does not play in public any longer, from some odd fancy of his.
A Roman Singer
6
I'll never play in public as long as I live-there!
The Heavenly Twins
7
They might be present; for was not she-sheherself-aboutto step forward and play in public?
The Whirlpool
8
And yet you wish to play in public?
The Goose Man
9
He was a great genius, but I never heard him play in public as he played then.
Memoirs
10
He wanted to be a star, and I think he wanted to be able to play in public.
Radio NZ
11
But you, when you play in public, must forget that PERSONS with little vanities and lesser opinions exist.
A Romance of Two Worlds: A Novel
12
Expensive taste Lagarde's style also reveals the role that nationality can play in public attitudes toward international political figures.
BBC
13
Not even when a coward who dare not play in public was the young virtuoso put on his mettle.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
14
I couldn't play in public!
The Lamp of Fate
15
He said that he thought I had not the temperament to play in public, and I knew he was right.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
16
And I suppose, in any case, you'd rather not have to play in public immediately after a long railway journey.
The Moon out of Reach
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