Example sentences of "[adj] runs in [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The triumphant tour of England in 1950 saw Worrell way out on top of the averages , scoring 539 runs in four matches at almost 90 , and making his highest Test score of 261 at Nottingham . |
| 2 | The afternoon started with some bold blows by Fleming , but he was spectacularly caught by Nicholas , leaping high at mid-off , and the last wickets fell for the addition of only 30 runs in four overs . |
| 3 | African paceman Allan Donald experienced another miserable day and conceded 67 runs in 10 overs . |
| 4 | But an almost farcical , frantic late collapse saw England lose their last seven wickets for just 10 runs in 20 balls . |
| 5 | This meant that Richard Blakey , after one innings in six weeks , batted at No6 and not surprisingly mustered only six runs in two visits to the wicket . |
| 6 | Hylton Ackerman , of Dale College , had taken a century off Mike Smith 's England team for Border at the age of 16 , and Chris Wilkins , of Selborne College and later of Derbyshire , had taken the shine off England 's new-ball attack with 62 runs in 55 minutes . |
| 7 | Wytch Farm hit 80 runs in 13 overs for the loss of no wickets . |
| 8 | Red Rum was an eight-year-old , and had had to work hard for his corn , being trained in several yards and shrugging off the effects of damaging foot disease , before finding his true vocation in the care of trainer Ginger McCain , who bought Red Rum for 6000 guineas on behalf of owner Noel Le Mare , and gradually made the horse into one of the best chasers in the north ; he owed his position in the Grand National betting to highly encouraging runs in three handicaps early in 1973 following five successive victories the previous autumn . |
| 9 | ‘ We threw it away , ’ said Gooch after England set only 231 for victory lost their last seven wickets for 52 runs in 11 overs at Lord 's . |
| 10 | Ken Rutherford ( 46 not out ) and debutant all-rounder Chris Harris shared a face-saving fifth-wicket stand of 52 runs in 84 minutes as the tourists recovered from a precarious 87–4 soon after tea . |
| 11 | Four wickets fell for 29 runs in 10 overs and the next casualty was Matthew Maynard . |
| 12 | In the second division Duncan Ormshaw produced a remarkable display for Golborne taking seven wickets for nine runs in eight overs to stun Haydock . |
| 13 | But he was very expensive and conceded 63 runs in eight overs , which made one wonder why left-arm spinner Davis , whose five pre-lunch overs cost only 18 , was not asked to bowl again in the innings . |
| 14 | For the last hour or so Lewis ground it out with Smith , the Notts man restrained to the tune of eight runs in 19 overs , Smith reaching a 101-ball fifty . |
| 15 | Three days after his momentous innings , Stoddart hit 270 against Blackheath , and then , playing for Middlesex , score 98 against Gloucestershire , giving him 790 runs in five days . |
| 16 | Two hours play was lost during the morning session and Wales were finally set a target 228 runs in 127 minutes plus 20 overs . |
| 17 | He made 829 runs in four matches ( he missed the Lord 's Test through illness ) in 1976 , which was statistically his best performance , and if he has never made quite so many since that must just be because of the demands , physical and psychological , of playing so much top cricket . |