Sentence examples for played the system from inspiring English sources

In effect, Seantrel played the system perfectly".

He played the system until the end.

"I followed the rules, I played the system," he says, "but I didn't believe in it.

A generation ago, Big Tobacco played the system like a violin, and now Big Chem is doing the same thing.

The Home Office argues that Ms Apata had "played the system" by making several different asylum applications.

"We played the system away at Newvastle but I couldn't really work on the system in training because we didn't have the players available at the time.

Instead of playing ball, she began playing the system.

And we knew how to play the system.

Like many Putin critics, Koretsky survives by playing the system.

"Too often people have been playing the system, playing the appeals merry go round to delay things," he said.

And the minority who are playing the system will lose their benefits straight away," he said.