Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] over of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 2 | Away goes David Lawrence the start of the fifty-ninth over of this innings , a hundred and thirty-eight for four he 's bowled to short outside the off stump , he lets that go through to Russell . |
| 3 | Armed with the new ball just before lunch , DeFreitas was then thrashed for 15 runs from the first over of his spell . |
| 4 | On a turgid turner that had thwarted the seamers ' efforts until the 199th over of the match , Essex required a further 29 to avoid the follow-on on the final morning with four wickets intact , only to be denied by a spell of 3 for 1 in 14 deliveries that ultimately allowed Nick Cook to give the hosts ( and Britannic Assurance Championship leaders ) a right old grilling in the second dig ; but for Ambrose he might never have had the chance . |
| 5 | Dawson made 46 before falling to a well-judged catch by David Hemp and Simon Hinks joined Hodgson to raise the 200 , but was caught behind for 19 off Watkin in the final over of the day . |
| 6 | Slow left-armer Tufnell had just removed opener Navjot Sidhu for 79 in the 13th over of the day , to leave India 174 for two , when Kambli charged Emburey but failed to connect properly . |
| 7 | Wisden records that ‘ on five of the eight occasions on which Gatting changed the bowling , the man brought on took a wicket in the first over of his spell ’ . |
| 8 | Haden caught Lampitt bowled Tolley in the second over of the day … |
| 9 | Cup final nerves got the better of Benson who had guided Leicester to Lord 's in the last over of the semi-final against Essex . |
| 10 | Russell may be out of the England side , but he 's not down ; hitting a cracking 6 high into the crowd in the last over of the match . |