Example sentences of "[pers pn] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the door facing you at the top of the stairs . |
| 2 | Therefore he is asking for trouble , and he receives it suddenly and in full measure , above the groundswell of heckling , at the hands of a divinity student who reminds him at the top of his voice about Fedka , a dangerous escaped convict now roaming ‘ our town ’ and originally a serf of Stepan 's whom he sold into military service to pay a gambling debt : |
| 3 | It must have been a worrying time for Titfords and Hasteds alike , not to mention the rest of the inhabitants of the densely-populated riverside parishes ; the victims of the killer — or rather the remains — were laid to rest in a corner of St George 's churchyard , while the murderer himself , who eventually committed suicide , was buried with a stake through him at the top of Cannon Street where the newly-built Commercial Road crossed . |
| 4 | His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession . |
| 5 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 6 | There was no sign of them in the next field , but ahead of him at the top of the hill he saw the young dog , looking black against the morning sky . |
| 7 | His new album Goodbye Jumbo seems to have put him at the top of the list of those eager to nominate a spokesman for the green generation . |
| 8 | Hasan was waiting for him at the top of the stairs , and , as soon as he heard his guardian 's tread , the little boy sat up , sniffed the air and stretched out his hands like a cat , waking after sleep . |
| 9 | The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived . |
| 10 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 11 | Pat was having an affair — and in a crowded restaurant , he asked her at the top of the sentorian Williams voice : ‘ Well tell us about this man you 're having the affair with then . ’ |
| 12 | Graf is one of the world 's top tennis players whose supreme athleticism and guts have put her at the top of a very tough profession . |
| 13 | But BodyShop 's appearance is more a reflection of accounting curiosities which gave it such a huge return on capital last year : likewise fire extinguisher company Nu-Swift , whose remarkable figures last year put it at the top of the ROC table . |
| 14 | Under the heading ‘ A better quality of life ’ , Labour 's policy review for the 1990s declared that the future of the planet depended on keeping it at the top of the agenda : |
| 15 | One god suggested placing it at the top of the highest mountain ; another on the farthest star . |
| 16 | A Primus is a little camping-stove that you fill with paraffin and you light it at the top and then you pump it to get pressure for the flame . |
| 17 | When one of the witnesses pointed out that the testator had not signed the will the testator replied that he had signed it at the top and that it could be signed anywhere . |
| 18 | Sylvie Guillem , the exquisite prima ballerina , had been procured to dance for it ; chanteuses of international renown were to sing for it ; the Gypsy Kings would be there to serenade it at the top of their lungs . |
| 19 | I mean , the the Tories are ready , should n't they complete to environmental issues , whereas every every public consultation or survey that ever carried out , demonstrates every time , that the public are very concerned that they 're , of the environment and they will put it at the top of the list , and I think our con the environment by having a dedicated Environment Officer proves our positive er commitment to the environment . |
| 20 | So what chapter is it at the top ? |
| 21 | Whatever , I want you to think about , your skill , what you 're an expert at , and write it at the top of the bit of paper . |
| 22 | I 've marked it at the top . |
| 23 | well if you 'd of put it at the top of the basket , I would of seen it |
| 24 | So they got him a tent , and they put it at the top of my mum 's garden . |
| 25 | you can have it at the top where you 've changed it and then the window underneath you can scan it through the file again . |
| 26 | you see them with A's , they tend to do the A and then they join it at the top |
| 27 | I thought — if it had been my parents who had been talking , they would have been doing it at the tops of their voices , for surely on the content alone that conversation had been a row . |
| 28 | So I just stood there while they shouted " Jolly hockey sticks , " across as her , and then Kevin started them off singing , " How green you are , how green you are , how green you are , how green … , " ever so softly , to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne " till her bus came , and then they sang it at the tops of their voices as she staggered onto the bus and moved down to the back seat . |
| 29 | Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice . |
| 30 | I shall just have to play on and ride out the recession and I feel I still have three good years left in me at the top . |