Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the church where I was converted , the service began with a muffled announcement from the back , followed by a lengthy hymn during which thirty men and women in long blue dresses , white nightshirts and yellowing ruffs walked up and down the various corridors in the building singing at the top of their voices . |
| 2 | In the experiment illustrated at the top , the toad 's response to a small black object revolving in its visual field is measured . |
| 3 | knife at the back of the saw , they , it is a bit dangerous , erm where 's the guard goes at the top |
| 4 | The vehicle depicted at the top of the page eight ( and described in the article as being twelve feet long with an end balcony ) is not the new catering vehicle , but a bogie brake van built for use on the railway by Peter Briddon ( Now better known as the proprietor of Yorkshire Engine . ) |
| 5 | But he said that is a pittance compared to the tax dodging at the top , that 's it 's billions ! |
| 6 | Cheryl 's three words were hardly finished before Angela was racing back to the farmhouse shouting at the top of her voice . |
| 7 | As Gabriel was watching , the cart stopped at the top of the hill , and the driver climbed down to go back and fetch something that had fallen off . |
| 8 | Now type : — *193O728 — the exclamation mark causes the name to appear at the top of your list of folders . |
| 9 | I used to sleep in the same bed as my mother and father because of the shortage of space , but one morning I woke up in another room and I looked out and saw the undertaker standing at the top of the stairs . |
| 10 | There 's a s a definite explanation of terms that you see in the music written at the top of page forty seven would you look at them please . |
| 11 | If you would like help or advice please contact your insurance adviser or Legal & General at the address shown at the top of your renewal notice . |
| 12 | Note : If you have a specific query on an EE project see the information under Readers Enquiries on the Editorial page and write to the Editorial Offices at the address shown at the top of that page . |
| 13 | As the men at the windlass rope heaved and a long timber started to rise up and swing , the wheel on the pulley squealed like an injured dog and the man stationed at the top of the wall took a stickful of thick grease from a pot , leaned out , and worked it into the axle . |
| 14 | And the pressure remained at the top : no access to the old boys ' clubs or men 's rooms for deal-making , and the constant reminder that ‘ if a man fails it 's because he 's inadequate , but if a female does it 's because of her sex . ’ |
| 15 | The sailor stood at the top of the mast , high above the Captain . |
| 16 | ( Notice how , in both these waist exercises , the weight is also supported by the non-working arm with the hand placed at the top of the thigh . ) |
| 17 | Chief Insp Vic Williams , top , at the wheel of the car with the camera fitted at the top of the windscreen . |
| 18 | The monarch stood at the top of a pyramid of aristocracy in a period when most people still assumed society must be run by élites . |
| 19 | In a hierarchy there is an unequal distribution of responsibility , power and authority with most of the power concentrated at the top of the pyramid . |