Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Act provided for a route commencing at the top of Anerley Hill , descending past Crystal Palace ( Low Level ) Station to Thicket Road , a turning on the left , which led through to the top end of Beckenham Road , Penge . |
| 2 | What is valuable is to see that here is a critic writing at the top of his bent . |
| 3 | There was a longer gash on her right elbow and a bruise forming at the top of her arm . |
| 4 | This week a soldier based at the top of Templar House flats in the New Lodge area shot and injured a suspected loyalist gunman as he made his getaway following a murder bid at the Sinn Fein office at Lepper Street . |
| 5 | Fastenings are made as simple as possible : ladies might use an all-in-one slip-over brassiè , or one with front fastening ; shoes might have velcro or elastic laces rather than normal laces ; shirts would use velcro strips rather than buttons ; men 's trousers would have a zip fly rather than buttons , with a velcro fastening at the top ; braces are easier to manage than a belt to hold trousers up ; a lady 's skirt might have an elasticated waist or a velcro fastening . |
| 6 | They were only just in time , for a minute or two later a procession appeared at the top of the hill and began to make its way slowly down . |
| 7 | The top of the ladder is the eventual target of the programme but we can never climb a ladder starting at the top . |
| 8 | The post is fitted over the moulded side seat rail , roughly cut to profile ( from a template ) and a tenon formed at the top . |
| 9 | Leaders Raith Rovers have a seven-point lead at the top following their 2-0 win over Stirling Albion . |
| 10 | A pulse beats at the top of her long , white neck , under her chin . |