Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were 97 for 2 , still 70 behind , when he bagged three of the most illustrious wickets Test cricket has even had on offer in the space of only four balls . |
| 2 | Expectations were upset for three basic reasons : First , the long Tamil insurgency in Sri Lanka has finally taken its toll of the tea estates . |
| 3 | In an hour they were 32 for 3 and that was clearly that , but now it was Gower 's turn for the heroics . |
| 4 | Boycott led the way with 86 and everyone made a contribution of sorts , but soon after lunch on the final day they were 290 for 6 and defeat was still possible . |
| 5 | He justified the very strict timetable ( suspensions were possible for one year only ) on the basis of the need to place the protection of public health above considerations of technological and economic feasibility . |
| 6 | New Zealand , chasing 201 for victory in the third and final Test , were 168 for five at close , with Ken Rutherford , the last specialist batsman , at the crease with wicketkeeper Tony Blain . |
| 7 | At the close , Lancashire were 129 for three . |
| 8 | Chris Lewis removed Roshan Mahanama in the third over , but by lunch Sri Lanka were 43 for one . |
| 9 | India were 397 for three and take a 50-run first-innings lead into the fourth day . |
| 10 | Opener Robert Barber fell to a great Kennedy catch at mid-on , Bolton — who missed the league match through county duties — had Elliott for a duck and Maldon were 2 for 2 . |
| 11 | NEW South Wales were 133 for two in reply to Queensland 's first innings 311 at the close on the second day of the Sheffield Shield final in Sydney today . |
| 12 | He celebrated by taking a wicket with his sixth ball and two more by the time he had bowled twenty ; when Hendrick got Lloyd , West Indies were 26 for 4 . |
| 13 | Pakistan were 209 for 3 , only 46 behind , having lost Sohail to a straightforward catch behind off DeFreitas and Javed Miandad to a falling earth-tremor of a catch by Botham at slip when he edged a bouncing legbreak from Salisbury , a distinguished maiden Test wicket . |
| 14 | Marshall 's figures were 7 for 22 off 15.4 overs , giving him a strike rate of a wicket every 26 balls throughout the series . |
| 15 | Although the results were abnormal for 55 ( 48% ) of the ‘ medical ’ patients , they did not seem to influence clinical management . |
| 16 | They were 132 for 6 at the close and it was clearly time to pray for rain ; but it came on the rest day by mistake , and although Emburey and Downton battled for a while , the end was not long delayed . |
| 17 | Sunsail 's Oceanis 320s were fine for four people , but would be crowded with the full complement of six |
| 18 | First thing next morning , Malcolm had Walsh lbw , giving him 6 for 77 and match figures of 10 for 137 and leaving England all day to make 151. just before lunch they were 73 for 1 when it began to rain — hard . |
| 19 | Pakistan were 699 for five in reply to India 's first innings score of 509 when the game was called off 10 overs into the final hour with Shoaib 203 not out . |
| 20 | His team declared on 235 for four and the home side were 202 for five at the close . |
| 21 | Bernard Pitcock and Ruth Patterson were sick for five hours after the prank by Angela Brown , Newcastle Crown Court heard . |
| 22 | However the early forecasts by the DES ( 1983 ) were flawed for two reasons . |
| 23 | England clinched the series with a workmanlike victory at Auckland — a win which had seemed unlikely when the visitors were 91 for 6 on the first day . |
| 24 | By tea they were 55 for 3 , the dreaded Waqar Younis having cast aside Stewart , Atherton and Gooch . |
| 25 | ‘ We were married for 2½ years . |
| 26 | Hughes was the name of my parents , who were married for twenty-five years . |
| 27 | Following on 214 behind , they were 62 for two at the close . |
| 28 | Simon Brown , also producing his best bowling of the tour , returned to have Mark Dekker caught at short leg by Gary Brown and Zimbabwe B were 57 for five . |
| 29 | By the close , England were 80 for 2 , and next day came the only big partnership of the match . |
| 30 | The Women 's Environmental Network , a non-political pressure group , said women — who were responsible for three-quarters of all decisions about shopping — were well placed to make a stand against companies which overwrap , adding to both bills and rubbish . |