Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] a [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In a North London timber yard , the body of the armed robber was still being examined by a police forensic team late this afternoon .
2 Within minutes of being trapped behind a 20-feet thick wall of coal , steel and rubble completely filling the 12-feet high and 16-feet wide tunnel , they were in contact with colleagues on the opposite side using the undamaged Tannoy system which runs along the wall of the roadway .
3 It is housed in a 36″ bare aquarium with Discus and Corydoras caudimaculatus and concolor .
4 The tank is lit by a 48″ Actinic , 48″ Northlight and a 42″ Triton .
5 Only 18 cases were reported last year , yet the disease is caused by a bacteria present on one in three people .
6 A search has been launched after a couples mysterious disappearance .
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