Sentence examples for thing to playing from inspiring English sources

"That really bothered me.' " Nevertheless, he said the job was the next best thing to playing.

"If I don't get to ever make it to the big leagues and my career ends with me playing in the minors, I'm sure that this will be the closest thing to playing on a professional baseball team," he said.

I like strategy, I like the whole buzz of it, I love building teams – for me, it is the next-best thing to playing football". He was genuine about that and the only moment one winced was when he miscalculated his tone and described himself as "an international footballer who has been one of the best players in the world".

But the business of the N.B.A. does not scoot over for childhood dreams, so last season, with no chance of playing for the Knicks, Marbury worked his way to New Jersey, the closest and next best thing to playing in his hometown.

That's one of the aspects I enjoy, getting into the weeds, preparing for a game, and when you're at the game, it's the closest thing to playing.

"This is the next best thing to playing," he explains.

A big expensive thing to play with.

That was a far more interesting thing to play".

IT takes the real thing to play the real thing.

I thought it was an interesting thing to play with.

That's quite an interesting thing to play".