Example sentences of "back [prep] the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enclosed cab is covered in lightly-grained black Tolex with no corner pieces , while the front , which angles gently back towards the top , is more rock'n'roll than it looks . |
| 2 | As the lamps were raised , the shadows chased back towards the top of the dome . |
| 3 | He indicates the quieter road to our left , leading back along the top of the Enterprise Zone . |
| 4 | He walked straight back round the top of the little dale until they came down the slope to the road , well out of sight of the cottage . |
| 5 | It gives me a tremendous advantage in that I can moor the punt about 15yds back from the top of the shelf , in the shallower water , out of sight of the bream . |
| 6 | They trod on this as they climbed ; looking back from the top , Carrie saw the marks of their rubber-soled shoes and felt guilty , though it was n't her fault . |
| 7 | A moment later he found himself back in the top of the tree . |
| 8 | They drew the eye to One Tree Hill , now forested over , and from this clump , at Chested , he could look back over the top of Chiddingstone Castle to another clump at Mark Beech beyond . |
| 9 | Simpson raises his hands in the air , United have got Andy Melville and Steve Foster at the far post , Simpson still delays taking the kick , now it comes in , he knocks it in to the far post , looking for Paul , Paul heads it back over the top — and they 've scored . |
| 10 | Paul heads it back over the top — and they 've scored , Oxford United have scored , it 's Andy Melville that has put the ball into the net , into injury time . |
| 11 | He had found the second-hand playpen advertised on a newsagent 's board in Norwich and had brought it back on the top of the van . |
| 12 | He turned the paper over and put it back on the top of the pile . |
| 13 | TRANMERE went back to the top of the Third Division on goal difference last night as they extended their unbeaten home League run to 26 games with a 2-1 win over Walsall . |
| 14 | America climbed back to the top of the exporters ' league table after three years in second place to West Germany . |
| 15 | ‘ You know , Clem , ’ Mark continued , ‘ if we ARE going to fight our way back to the top again we are going to have to do it by our own collective efforts . |
| 16 | Fred Couples , the Americans ' man of the season so far but who did not play last week , has gone back to the top amid a wholesale reshuffle . |
| 17 | My first duty will be to Nottingham and our aim will be to get back to the top . |
| 18 | KEVIN DEARDEN saved a second-half penalty to earn Birmingham a 2–1 victory over Bolton which lifted them back to the top of the Third Division for the first time since November . |
| 19 | Relieved Old Trafford supporters celebrated a goal that takes United back to the top of the League , two points clear of Howard Wilkinson 's dogged Leeds . |
| 20 | They decided to cut across the coastal plain and head for a wadi that would provide a route back to the top of the escarpment . |
| 21 | Indurain looked the master of his former captain , Pedro Delgado , who won the Tour in 1988 , faltered since that victory but may be on the way back to the top . |
| 22 | Go back to the top and shoot the bird , now switch to wavy fire . |
| 23 | Casting a look at the frightened filly , he hauled himself by tufts of grass back to the top of the caved-in bank . |
| 24 | BRITAIN 'S young tennis players were yesterday challenged by our last two Wimbledon champions to take the country back to the top of the world game . |
| 25 | Norwich 's record signing Darren Beckford has recovered from injury and is set to make his first senior appearance of the season as the Canaries bid to move back to the top of the table . |
| 26 | Arsenal manager George Graham 's response to his side 's march back to the top was as predictable as the result . |
| 27 | MARK ROBINS , born a stone 's throw from Boundary Park , sent Norwich back to the top of the table with a superb hat-trick last night . |
| 28 | BRADFORD missed a chance to go back to the top of the Stones Bitter Championship after being hammered 28–6 at home by Castleford . |
| 29 | It seemed to be unable to stay underwater without bobbing back to the top . |
| 30 | MARK Ramprakash believes he needs help to get back to the top after being overlooked for England 's two winter tours . |