Example sentences of "[verb] the top [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Factory ( six from 11 ) was third , while Mute ( eight from 20 ) , also made the Top Ten , ahead of such giants as CBS ( 27 from 82 ) , Mercury ( 12 from 40 ) and Epic ( 13 from 76 ) . |
| 2 | Other sins which made the top ten included running red lights , crossing hands on the steering wheel , lack of concentration and insufficient use of the rearview mirror . |
| 3 | We played to capacity for fifteen weeks , made the top ten shows in London , extended for another six weeks , and I never felt a single twinge of boredom . |
| 4 | They put out the ‘ Flag Day ’ EP , which garnered good reviews , ‘ Sheep ’ , a single that did n't quite make the Top 50 , and then broke through with ‘ Happy Hour ’ , which got to Number Three . |
| 5 | and Martin Brundle , completing the top six . |
| 6 | Completing the top three was championship leader Jean Foray , also from France . |
| 7 | Completing the top three was championship leader Jean Foray , also from France . |
| 8 | and its still looking good for the promotion play-offs … only Tranmere have a realistic chance of catching the top six teams … |
| 9 | Consequently only one make the top 25 . |
| 10 | and then it 's the semi-finals so obviously I should think the top four clubs will go into the knock out . |
| 11 | He showed that when winning the prestigious Stuttgart tournament in February when he beat the top two players in the world within seven days . |
| 12 | In the first ever issue of Practical Fishkeeping , December 1978 , we listed the top 25 community fish . |
| 13 | Within weeks , Courier won the Lipton International Players championships and entered the top ten . |
| 14 | Earlier in the year , a single called ‘ There 's Nothing Like This ’ , by the exotically named Omar , entered the top ten of the pop charts . |
| 15 | Once again the Donaghadee lads swept the boards , landing the top two places overall . |
| 16 | MANIC STREET PREACHERS celebrate the Top Ten success off their ‘ Suicide Is Painless ’ cover featured on NME 's ‘ Ruby Trax ’ LP , with four UK dates this week . |
| 17 | That , he admitted on his return , summed up the gloom in the Irish camp as the national team failed to secure the top six finish they needed to win a place in next year 's World Cup finals in Sydney . |
| 18 | That , he admitted on his return , summed up the gloom in the Irish camp as the national team failed to secure the top six finish they needed to win a place in next year 's World Cup finals in Sydney . |
| 19 | In the album charts , the foursome also grab the top two positions with ‘ Meet The Beatles ’ ( 1 ) and ‘ Introducing The Beatles ’ ( 2 ) . |
| 20 | Even so , the use of the effects mix control as a second master volume doubles the Attax' versatility and that could suit the Top 40 player who needs to switch quickly between two levels . |
| 21 | But when ‘ Happy Hour ’ cracked the Top Five , they had to hold a meeting to see if this was what they really wanted to do — they did , temporarily . |
| 22 | The Imperial Fists recruited principally from two hive worlds , the ice planet of Inwit where cave-cities honeycombed the top ten kilometres of crust world-wide below the armour of three klicks of ice and Necromunda , the poisoned desert . |
| 23 | The only exception is the US PGA Championship , whose committee invited the top 50 from the Sony Rankings and must be applauded for doing so . |
| 24 | Cosby headed the Top 40 earners on the annual list compiled by American magazine Forbes . |
| 25 | One round to go and only two points separated the top four teams . |
| 26 | If you write a song that sells well enough to reach the top 50 in the albums or singles chart you are eligible automatically . |
| 27 | For this year 's season of the 1991 Scottish Trials Championships , Alan is now in sixth position and hopeful , although modest about improving his chances to reach the top three . |
| 28 | If their sales had been included , it would have been one of the few wholly independent records to reach the Top 40 . |
| 29 | Polydor Records have re-released the album , which features the top ten hit of the same name and used by the BBC as the theme tune for their Olympic coverage due to public demand . |
| 30 | For the first time Camilla has made the top 20 in the 1992 league table of Christian names , entering the spotlight at No 13 . |