Example sentences of "him [prep] the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , one of the defenders put on clerical robes and jeered back at him from the top of the curtain wall . ’ |
| 2 | After a few minutes , he became aware of Peter Dawson 's portrait staring down at him from the top of the piano , and he stopped . |
| 3 | Adam watched him from the top of the bus . |
| 4 | Olazabal 's finish hauled him to the top of the European order of merit . |
| 5 | ‘ If I 'm given a challenge I have to have a go at it , ’ he admits , reflecting on the guiding principles that have taken him to the top of two major industries . |
| 6 | Pearce pauses for reflection when asked to define the qualities which took him to the top with such apparent ease . |
| 7 | Today 's event should show if he has what is needed to take him to the top for he comes up against a very useful opponent in Sabin du Loir ( 1.15 ) . |
| 8 | Today 's event should show if he has what is needed to take him to the top for he comes up against a very useful opponent in Sabin du Loir ( 1.15 ) . |
| 9 | PETER MARSHALL 's double-handed style has carried him to the top of the British rankings , and many observers were looking to this week 's British Open Championship at Wembley Conference Centre to provide proof of his potential at world level . |
| 10 | Sir Edmund Hillary has spent much of his life , and a great deal of the determination that took him to the top of Everest , raising funds to help the Sherpa People of the Nepalese Himalaya . |
| 11 | Since the Trust was founded Hillary has spent much of his life touring around the world raising money , always with the same enthusiasm that once took him to the top of Everest . |
| 12 | A five minute rough walk in the moonlight took him to the top of the shingle ridge . |
| 13 | Edward was much more confused than Maurice and needed all the help he was getting as Maurice manhandled him to the top of the ladder . |
| 14 | And it was not until Mrs Thackray 's tall , craggy fair-haired son had shouldered his luggage and led him to the top of St Jude 's Street that he had realized his peril . |
| 15 | Malik 's brilliant form took him to the top of the table for the tour with a total of 1,184 runs . |
| 16 | Shrimpton came with him to the top of the stairs . |
| 17 | Brain power and horse power is going to take him to the top of the sport . |
| 18 | One of the best known names in football has been teaching a group of schoolchildren some of the skills which took him to the top of the game . |
| 19 | And then the police come and they tape him to the top of the ceiling |
| 20 | As Brian Clough told me when I met him on the top of the Little Elm bus earlier this season — we were both going to check out Little Elm Intaflora 's young Dutch forward , Kylie Van Der Graaf — ‘ Sadly , young man , football is like a football . ’ |
| 21 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 22 | She looked at him over the top of her glass . |
| 23 | She paused and regarded him over the top of her glass . |
| 24 | Then , as he simply smiled , she regarded him over the top of it . |
| 25 | She looked at him over the top of her cup . |
| 26 | Before she could utter the cry of alarm which rose in her throat his hand had closed over her mouth , and Paige 's startled eyes blinked at him over the top . |
| 27 | She eyed him over the top . |
| 28 | 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 : |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession . |