Example sentences of "to the top [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Irish comrades could see him now ! thought Alice , watching this deft , swift , accomplished work ; and then how he , with Philip and herself , lifted the great tank , as if it weighed nothing , on to the top of the papers … |
| 2 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 3 | Lightweight inexpensive fabrics like cheesecloth and muslin can be shirred and hung between rods , wires or traverse poles attached below the ceiling and above the skirting or baseboards , and either caught back at doors and windows or fixed around them ( with rods or wires attached to the top of the frames ) . |
| 4 | And one red house to the top of the lights , traffic lights . |
| 5 | This time place both your whole forearms horizontally across the back and slide them slowly , yet firmly , apart , one up the back to the top of the shoulders and the other down to the top of the buttocks ; use a fair amount of pressure ( see Fig. 10 ) . |
| 6 | I was to have broken my leg attempting to get from bed to the top of the stars . |
| 7 | Each has been designed with the deck acting as a strut to the top of the abutments . |
| 8 | EALING went to the top of the Women 's Typhoo National League with a comfortable 3-0 win away to Exmouth at Ottery St Mary , writes Bill Colwill . |
| 9 | Willie blushed and clung on to the top of the blankets . |
| 10 | Later we all climb to the top of the cliffs behind the bay , an arduous scramble up step , stream-washed scree . |
| 11 | 1 Are the sides of the windows in Mr Smart 's house perpendicular to the top of the windows ? |
| 12 | In May or June they are secured to the top of the stakes in a bush-like fashion similar to the Goblet system practised in Beaujolais . |
| 13 | The height to the top of the ridges is 32ft and the height of the valleys and outer walls is 21ft . |
| 14 | Glasgow City Brightsiders went back to the top of the men 's first division with a 117-67 away win over Cumnock . |
| 15 | She went to the top of the stairs , then spun round and rushed back to hug Maggie Byrne with spontaneous affection . |
| 16 | Horror-struck , she was rooted to the spot with terror , her eyes drawn to the top of the stairs , waiting for the first sign . |
| 17 | He 'll take them to the top of the stairs and make sure they know when to go on — usually by the gracious means of a prod in the back . |
| 18 | Usually I start in my bedroom and I like to get to the top of the stairs by the baby 's lunchtime , and then I stop and give them lunch and then I carry on and get on quite well . |
| 19 | With horror she realized he was carrying her to the top of the stairs . |
| 20 | Dragging the eiderdown from her bed , she wrapped it round her shoulders and shuffled her way down the landing to the top of the stairs . |
| 21 | As she got to the top of the stairs she could hear Marguerite arguing with Alain . |
| 22 | The approaching footsteps ran lightly to the top of the stairs and came towards them . |
| 23 | He walked slowly back to his gallery-duties , by this time in the afternoon virtually non-existent — and had just got to the top of the stairs when he saw Gooseneck advancing towards him carrying a large package . |
| 24 | Shrimpton came with him to the top of the stairs . |
| 25 | I took Sir Ralph to the top of the stairs into the North Bastion tower but the passageway was so narrow Colebrooke helped him the rest of the way . ’ |
| 26 | I mean she was upstairs three quarters of an hour and when she came to the top of the stairs she still just had her vest and knickers on . |
| 27 | America climbed back to the top of the exporters ' league table after three years in second place to West Germany . |
| 28 | Kruger collected 7,582 points at Sheffield , where Brannen decided to withdraw after eight events , saving himself for a multi-events meeting at Stoke this week , where he hopes to battle his way to the top of the rankings . |
| 29 | BRADFORD missed a chance to go back to the top of the Stones Bitter Championship after being hammered 28–6 at home by Castleford . |
| 30 | SUPER Warrington wrecked Hull 's bid to go to the top of the Stones Bitter Championship . |