Having value "V at n" construction

Form

NP
Entity
Verb
at
NP
Measurement

Examples

Entity [The first two movies]
Verb [clocked in]
at at
Measurement [around 2 and a half hours.]
Entity [The number of reported cases]
Verb peaked
at at
Measurement 3,547
in 1944.

Meaning

An Entity receives a particular Measurement with respect to some attribute (e.g. length, weight, duration, price, etc.).

Roles

Entity
The item or abstract object that receives the Measurement.
Measurement
The value of the Entity with respect to a particular attribute, e.g. length, weight, duration, price, etc.

Frames

Inherits from

Sub-constructions

Lexical items ( Verb slot)

Extreme_value bottom out The company ended 2002 with about 4,800 employees, and expects to bottom out at between 4,440 and 4,500, company officials said. peak The number of reported cases peaked at 3,547 in 1944. Dimension average out The profits averaged out at a quarter of a million pounds per partner. clock in The first two movies clocked in at around 2 and a half hours. run Mr Bradley forecasts wage settlements running at 8 or 9 per cent. stand The percentage of people who were going on to start basic training stood at four per cent in September 1984. weigh in The notepad weighed in at 3kgs. work out The cost of moving a 22-tonne load by road worked out at roughly 95p per mile. Commerce_sell retail At a recent show a motorised respirator was retailing at between £280 and £300. sell Shiraz and Afghan rugs sell at prices under £500. Lexical items without a frame: close Bond Corp shares closed at 25 cents. end The FT 30 share index ended at 1,876.9. finish Against the dollar it lost 1.9 cents to finish at $1.5585. level off Temperatures will level off at a cool eight or nine degrees celsius. level out My weight has now levelled out at around 10st, ideal for the jumps. open The shares opened at 76p and quickly soared to 96p before settling back to 81p. stabilize The OECD Economic Outlook indicated that the trade deficit in the USA stabilized at an annual rate $5,000 million lower than in the second half of 1988.

Phraseological constructions