Example sentences of "run himself out " in BNC.
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| 1 | His 123 came out of 165 off 162 deliveries in 211 minutes ; a few months earlier in Australia he had run himself out on 99 in his desperation to reach the magic figure , but one would never have guessed it from the effortless way he swept there now . |
| 2 | He had run himself out of breath and almost out of effort by then , but heaved a great sigh at having got the load from his shoulders . |
| 3 | On what was described as an old-style West Indian pitch , Botham again won the toss and at last chose to bat ; a good start was ended when Gooch ran himself out , and soon wickets were tumbling . |
| 4 | He did , but ran himself out trying to make it 101 ; still a six-wicket victory all the same . |
| 5 | But only Atherton and Lloyd looked capable of challenging the Essex total , and Lancashire 's cause was n't helped when Fairbrother ran himself out for 15 . |
| 6 | Neil Fairbrother ran himself out for 15 and Graham Lloyd fell to a brilliant tumbling catch by Stephenson . |
| 7 | Yorkshire wanted 145 from the last 20 overs and they seemed to have lost their way when Sachin Tendulkar needlessly ran himself out and Richard Blakey cut a hard catch to Trump . |
| 8 | The pair were only five runs away from displacing Lord Hawk and David Hunter from the record books for the highest last wicket stand for the county when Sidebottom ran himself out on 124 , leaving Robinson unbeaten on 30 . |
| 9 | Alec Stewart ran himself out as he tried for a sharp single to cover and found Atherton unwilling to budge at the non-striker 's end . |