Example sentences of "out [prep] top [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Beware of classic howlers such as trees growing out of tops of heads ( the fact that the tree is many yards to the rear of the head in question will not be apparent if there are no visual clues as to the depth of the scene ) .
2 And what better community could you get than in Spring Street , he would ask , for had n't it a shop that supplied food , and two others that fitted you out from top to bottom ?
3 Take the kid to the big stores and they 'd be rigged out from top to bottom — all stamped PACA .
4 Scrub it out from top to bottom .
5 Local electricity , gas , telephone and post office counter services all satisfied more than 70% of their customers , with the electricity board coming out on top with an 85% approval rating .
6 I hate to disillusion you , but I 'd have been hard pressed to come out on top with those odds ! ’
7 The triumphant tour of England in 1950 saw Worrell way out on top of the averages , scoring 539 runs in four matches at almost 90 , and making his highest Test score of 261 at Nottingham .
8 After discussions , Martin Lynch 's name came out on top of the list . ’
9 Skilful and creative editing enables Nichols to show a time-passing sequence as Benjamin moves smoothly from his bed to Mrs Robinson 's , from stretching out on a raft in the pool to stretching out on top of her .
10 MR KIPLING 79p for six ( 13p each ) : Very jolly-looking pastry holly sprigs cut out on top of each pie .
11 Oddly enough , Ceauşescu was always a shrewder judge of the likely choice for the highest offices of democratic electorates than of who would come out on top of the Soviet politburo .
12 Now it reports in here a survey carried out in The Doctor , September the twenty sixth , and it was asking there who they actually supported in terms of the National Health Service changes , and you may be surprised to hear who in fact came out on top of that .
13 The Corrado also comes out on top for its firm and consistent braking — the Calibra 's pedal has an excess of free travel before anything happens — but the overly heavy servo action loses the VW some points .
14 They came out on top by just eight points from the Ford Hailwood-Liverpool club , who had arrived with a strong squad and a determined look in their eyes .
15 Because of the atrocious weather , play was restricted to one round only with Tayside Region coming out on top by 4½ — 3½ .
16 My father walked out on my mother when I was seven , so the English influence came out on top from then on . ’
17 The other fixtures in the division saw Trophy experienced Manydown Basingstoke come out on top in their local derby clash against the Centrecourt Cardinals by a narrow 2–1 margin .
18 Stoddard Carpets eventually came out on top in this ten man team Stableford Competition .
19 Portadown have lost Adele Sloan , who is pregnant , but Susie Kinley is back and Violet McBride will hope to go out on top in her last season .
20 — Maxine Barrie , the Shirley Bassey lookalike who came out on top in the Granada TV Stars In Your Eyes programme , is appearing tonight at the Shotton Hall Banqueting Suite , Peterlee in a Valentine 's Night Special .
21 and lets hope the words of another American president ring true … we ai n't seen nothing yet … no stars or stripes for Swindon Town this weekend they lost out at top of the table Blackburn … two-one the score
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