Example sentences of "[pron] top hat " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ his companion agreed , adjusting her top hat , ‘ it 's very pretty . |
| 2 | The little girl would always remember that moment , and the picture of her mother , so beautiful and so elegant in her top hat and long dark riding habit , mounted side-saddle on her famous grey hunter . |
| 3 | Indeed , Leonard 's main recollection of his father lies in that style , rather than more personal attributes or memories , and he is wont to describe him with his top hat and gloves , his cane and spats , and miniature service medals . |
| 4 | Max Jacob was homosexual , trying desperately to look distinguished in his top hat , evening dress , spats and monocle , whilst Modi 's affairs with women were known all over the quarter . |
| 5 | Every boy charters a hansom and the spectacle of a mite of ten or twelve years , with stick and blue ribbon bow complete , gravely trying to fold his arms on top of the hansom doors above which scarcely more than his top hat is visible is an amusing one … |
| 6 | He paused inside , adjusted his top hat . |
| 7 | Then waited , shivering , as the rain tipped off the brim of his top hat and spattered on the ground . |
| 8 | Then the wind rose again and plucked his top hat off his head and sent it bowling among the stones . |
| 9 | When he came home he found her peering into the well of his top hat . |
| 10 | He looked down at Harriet 's motionless body and took off his top hat . |
| 11 | Holding his top hat to his chest , Green leaned from the saddle towards the bearded young man , securely grasped between the two constables . |
| 12 | Suddenly he was there , taking off his top hat and looking down at her . ’ |
| 13 | ( LEI PING thumps BONO and goes home with his top hat . ) |
| 14 | ‘ Let's be having you ! ’ he grumbled , impatiently donning his top hat . |
| 15 | He was dressed as Dr Marigold , the cheap-jack trader from The Christmas Stories , his top hat fitted out with advertisements for Dr Robinson 's Purifying Pills and Soyer 's Magic Stove . |