Example sentences of "the [adj] over of " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Haden caught Lampitt bowled Tolley in the second over of the day …
3 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 .
4 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 ’ .
5 Armed with the new ball just before lunch , DeFreitas was then thrashed for 15 runs from the first over of his spell .
6 WITH REFERENCE to Robert Brooke 's letter ( WCM June ) regarding Geoff Humpage removing his pads to bowl at an early stage of a first-class match , on Saturday , July 17 , 1982 at Headingley he again removed his pads , and bowled the 12th over of the game .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 As I have mentioned above , the amount of immigration into the area has necessitated the passing over of land for new housing .
10 But the passing over of Neil Back leaves the Lions without a commodity of which they could find themselves in dire need .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
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