Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [vb infin] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 erm Helium does liquify at a much lower temperature than any other element and in fact it was not until erm this century that erm helium was finally liquified .
2 As David Aers has skilfully shown , the merchant , the monk and the very language of the Shipman 's Tale do co-act at a general level to show a society where spiritual growth has been stunted , or rather deformed and directed away from an ideal moral and spiritual state .
3 The famous German raid on Coventry on the night of 14 November 1940 brought widespread devastation and civilian demoralisation ( such that a cordon had to be thrown round the city , and news from it heavily censored ) ; likewise , the bombing of the East End of London intimidated its inhabitants far more than the government dared admit at the time .
4 It does seem to be true that proteins of a given kind do evolve at a surprisingly , although not exactly , uniform rate .
5 ( c ) If property did pass at the moment of the making of the contract , the making of the contract constituted the appropriation , because by that act the rogue assumed the rights of the owner .
6 Kimberley let fly at the dangling men from a hopeless range .
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