Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In a new departure , EPLF gunboats attacked and set fire to a Polish freighter off the Eritrean Red Sea coast on Jan. 3 ; they seized the 30-strong crew and fired rockets to drive off a second Polish freighter which attempted to come to their aid .
2 Brett of the extra-long floppy limbs churns out a second easy classic .
3 Roy Keane , Niall Quinn , Ray Houghton , Steve Staunton and Kevin Moran will all incur a one-match ban if they pick up a second yellow card tomorrow .
4 The management problems encountered by someone taking up a first managerial appointment in a medium-sized branch .
5 An area stretching from Oxford Street to Euston Station was sealed off and bomb squad officers carried out a first controlled explosion at 10.10pm .
6 Twelve minutes after the break he moved into the middle during a rare Palace break and was in just the right spot to hammer home a left-wing cross to give Palace a great victory and set up a 3rd round tie against Liverpool !
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