Sentence examples for to play for something from inspiring English sources

But he said, "He just wants to play for something.

Every practice, every drill, Davis wanted to play for something.

"Now I know I'm going to play for something," said Mondesi, who was acquired from Toronto on Monday for the Class AA left-hander Scott Wiggins.

Earlier this week, two "teams" of top-class players, Tiger Woods among them, gathered at a snooty Florida country club to play for something called the Tavistock Cup – a contest between two snooty Florida country clubs.

"We came into the tournament knowing we were in as tough a group as there is but wanted to go into the final game against Germany with something to play for, something realistic, and we have a realistic prize at the end of the Germany game now".

"The Europeans want Americans to play for something big," he says.

Without even knowing it, they don't play as intense, or as unselfish or as hard as they do once they get back to playing for something that means something, which is the playoffs".

It meant even if the teenager had opted to play for England, something he could have done because his grandmother was born in Chester, the payout would have been safe.

"Like anyone else I've made mistakes but overall I've enjoyed it and got to play for Wales, something that I'd dreamt of as a kid.

"I think with the lockout being what it is and so unpredictable, my best decision would be to go over and play for something that's comparable to an N.B.A. salary that's guaranteed," said the undrafted Hansbrough, who was last season's Big East player of the year after averaging 18.4 points.

If there is still something to play for, there is still something to argue about.