I considered using your GREP (so it would have been a full joint effort). But I think it would have been slightly less typework to search for
b(5[4-9]|[6-9][0-9]|10[0-4])b
GREP can't do proper number ranges but I can 
As a side note: I prefer using the Break code b over not-groups. The Break code also works as marker at the start or end of a story or paragraph. Besides, the '+' in (?!d+) is not necessary, and you forgot the equivalent (?<!d) at the start of that long string.
Is it me, or should all good GREP strings look like the ”$%#$!” one used to see in comics before they went “adult”?
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