Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liverpool needed only 23.4 overs to claim the runs , John Hitchmough scoring 58no and Phil Davis 28no . |
| 2 | They were dismissed for 118 in only 44 overs but redeemed themselves in the field , cutting an impressive swathe through the Railway Union batting to win by 39 runs . |
| 3 | Mobberley lost only four wickets and needed only 31 overs to score the runs on a low-scoring weekend . |
| 4 | Greig won the toss but England then batted poorly , scraping their way to 197 in the first day , although only 80.4 overs were sent down in six hours , Close 's 60 being the best effort . |
| 5 | The visitors , who needed 427 to win after starting on 16 for three today , were grateful that the weather permitted only 17.1 overs . |
| 6 | Glamorgan , needing 427 to win after starting the day on a 16 for three , were grateful the weather permitted only 17.1 overs . |
| 7 | Then Dominic Cork — like Munton , another of the promising quick bowlers around the counties now beginning to mature — took two more wickets to leave the champions on 106 for six after only 29 overs . |
| 8 | However , Sidhu and Mohammed Azharuddin then set up India 's victory with a scintillating stand of 175 in only 29 overs . |
| 9 | However , Sidhu and Mohammed Azharuddin then set up India 's victory with a scintillating stand of 175 in only 29 overs . |
| 10 | The prospects of success looked bleak as Christleton raced to 45–0 off only nine overs , but the tide turned as Robbie Hall and Brian Mitchell both went for 22 . |
| 11 | Essex demanded an investigation by Southend Council after their Rapid Cricketline 2nd XI Championship match against Hampshire at Leigh-on-Sea had to be abandoned after only five overs as the pitch was dangerous . |
| 12 | The innings fell apart with Connor O'Brien , who also opened the Railway Union innings along with his brother Paul , taking four wickets for eight runs from only five overs . |
| 13 | In Barbados , with Haynes leading West Indies and England led by Lamb , England repeated their Kingston score of 214 , though off only 38 overs after morning rain . |
| 14 | — Anyway , he 's not worth getting so worked-up over . |
| 15 | Yes , there were 300 or so other overs bowled on the four days of play permitted by the weather , with nine innings passing 50 , and even the extras in England 's innings passing the half-century . |
| 16 | But then acting captain Richard Harden and Graham Rose ran riot with a record-breaking third-wicket stand in Sunday cricket against Yorkshire of 167 in only 24 overs . |
| 17 | By the close , the score was 437 for 9 from just 83 overs , surely one of the best days of cricket since the war . |
| 18 | At Edgbaston , West Indies got off to a good start as the first wicket produced 34 runs in just six overs , but three fell cheaply and it was left to Logie and Hooper to make fifty apiece and give the innings its backbone . |
| 19 | Robin Smith , later awarded Man of the Match , made a typically brutal 77 and Neil Fairbrother returned to the England fold with a glorious 62 as they plundered 129 off just 18 overs . |
| 20 | By the time Western economies suffered the severe shock of the quadrupling of oil prices in 1973 , and subsequent further increases in 1979 , the baby boom was already long over , although marriage continued to become more popular until 1972 . |
| 21 | They added 179 in just 50 overs , with Smith scoring 70 of his runs in boundaries , an indication of his ruthlessness in punishing the bad ball . |
| 22 | The leg-spinner , Ian Salisbury , proved the most expensive , conceding 142 runs from just 29 overs , though he did end up with two wickets including that of Tendulkar . |
| 23 | were n't so lucky managing just 18.3 overs in reply to 166 . |
| 24 | Brian Lara ( 86 off 91 balls with two sixes and 13 fours ) and Desmond Haynes ( 59 off 71 balls , a six and seven fours ) wiped off the 153 needed to win the second match from just 25.5 overs . |
| 25 | The Pakistan duo had smashed 61 runs from just nine overs , taking the score to 135–2 in the 31st over , when Imran called for a cheeky single … |
| 26 | Dennis Wing top scored with 76 in magnificent response of 205–7 in just 42 overs . |
| 27 | A slow over rate left just 40 overs for Normanby 's reply which was 130–5 , Geoff Robinson scoring 54 not out . |
| 28 | With Clayton Lambert making 87 out and Martin Hood 30 , Redcar won by seven wickets in just 35.3 overs . |
| 29 | Somerset and Derbyshire managed to get through just 20 overs yesterday because of heavy rain while at Southampton , Northamptonshire need 64 runs off 63 balls to beat holders Hampshire after bad light prevented a finish last night . |
| 30 | Redcar won by ten wickets in just 20 overs . |