Sentence examples for plays traffic from inspiring English sources

In this broadcast the host Charles Laughton plays traffic cop for performances by Arthur Rubenstein, Leonard Warren, Isaac Stern, Roberta Peters, Gregor Piatigorsky, Marian Anderson, Renata Tebaldi, Risë Stevens and Jan Peerce.

Other than Mr. Tennyson, the church has three full-time employees: Goran Vujkovic, a Serbian immigrant armed with rings of keys who works as the sexton; Sharon Chase, the administrator who plays traffic cop with the rental groups; and Maude Turner, the jovial receptionist and first contact for the needy who come to the door.

There is rarely an air traffic controller playing traffic cop.

The New York Power Authority is planning to play traffic cop for electricity.

Tech firms – rooted in America's liberal tradition of free speech – are skittish about playing traffic cop about posted content.

"That way I wasn't the only one playing traffic cop and he didn't have to get mad at me," she says.

-- and the owners of North American doughmakers like Kwan -- the United States Figure Skating Association failed to exert its might to play traffic cop.

Speaking to ABC, he added that the campaign did not want Clinton "to have to play traffic cop … having to spend the whole debate correcting the record".

Forward Jamal Mashburn delivered 21 points, picking up important slack caused by the hobbled point guard Tim Hardaway, whose sprained left foot limited him to playing traffic cop for his frontcourt.

"It's going to be a huge construction site," said Iris Weinshall, the city transportation commissioner, adding, "We're going to have to play traffic cop down there for all those competing interests".

TARRYTOWN - A BAND was playing, traffic was backing up, impatient children were waiting to have their faces painted, and dozens of excited dogs in costumes were sniffing the sidewalk, waiting for the pet parade to begin.