Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week a soldier based at the top of Templar House flats in the New Lodge area shot and injured a suspected loyalist gunman as he made his getaway following a murder bid at the Sinn Fein office at Lepper Street . |
| 2 | In the experiment illustrated at the top , the toad 's response to a small black object revolving in its visual field is measured . |
| 3 | The little eyes sharpened at the top of the thin nose . |
| 4 | The first fifty refugees gathered at the top of the ladder , waiting for the boat to take them ashore . |
| 5 | The vehicle depicted at the top of the page eight ( and described in the article as being twelve feet long with an end balcony ) is not the new catering vehicle , but a bogie brake van built for use on the railway by Peter Briddon ( Now better known as the proprietor of Yorkshire Engine . ) |
| 6 | A set of pictures can be hung from ribbons or cords — for example , a set of two or three miniature ovals can be hung down a length of ribbon , with a velvet or silk bow positioned at the top of the strip . |
| 7 | Index cards are easily handled and shuffled ; they can be kept in alphabetised boxes , come in different colours , and can have a topic , keyword or reference written at the top , as an indication of what is on the card . |
| 8 | The basic components of Maslow 's theory are often presented as a pyramid , but this seems to imply that those needs situated at the top of the pyramid are more important than those at the bottom . |
| 9 | As Gabriel was watching , the cart stopped at the top of the hill , and the driver climbed down to go back and fetch something that had fallen off . |
| 10 | In the Marstons Welsh Counties Bowling League , Deganwy were sent crashing to their first defeat of the season , 7–3 fall at Esclusham , to have their lead cut at the top to 10 points . |
| 11 | Figure 6.6 The slave making ant species Formica subintegra shown at the top has an enormously enlarged Dufour 's gland compared with a more typical ant species such as Formica subserica , shown below . |
| 12 | He also points out that legs used to regular running have muscles concentrated at the top , with a system of tendons working the leg attached to the bone . |
| 13 | They crossed the river on the permanent bridge , couched solidly well above the water level on great wooden pillars carved at the top into the heads and shoulders of semi-mythical sentries , some holding rifles . |
| 14 | An object held at the top of a tower and sharing with the tower a circular motion around the earth 's centre will continue in that motion , along with the tower , after it is dropped and will consequently strike the ground at the foot of the tower , consistent with experience . |
| 15 | Only slightly more sophisticated than nomadic looms , these are constructed from two vertical beams , either driven into the ground or secured on a stable base , with two horizontal beams fastened at the top and the bottom of the uprights . |
| 16 | ‘ As long as you have all these lords and ladies lodged at the top of the heap , no one else can break through except those they allow in . |
| 17 | There 's a s a definite explanation of terms that you see in the music written at the top of page forty seven would you look at them please . |
| 18 | Fill in the tear-off slip and SEND IT WITH YOUR RENEWAL PREMIUM either to the Office address shown at the top of the renewal notice or to your insurance adviser . |
| 19 | If you would like help or advice please contact your insurance adviser or Legal & General at the address shown at the top of your renewal notice . |
| 20 | Note : If you have a specific query on an EE project see the information under Readers Enquiries on the Editorial page and write to the Editorial Offices at the address shown at the top of that page . |
| 21 | He gradually improves it with practice into the normal chaffinch song shown at the top . |
| 22 | And big things like your er cooking utensils , your your your pans , they are best put into black plastic bags tied at the top . |
| 23 | As the men at the windlass rope heaved and a long timber started to rise up and swing , the wheel on the pulley squealed like an injured dog and the man stationed at the top of the wall took a stickful of thick grease from a pot , leaned out , and worked it into the axle . |
| 24 | ( Notice how , in both these waist exercises , the weight is also supported by the non-working arm with the hand placed at the top of the thigh . ) |
| 25 | The post is fitted over the moulded side seat rail , roughly cut to profile ( from a template ) and a tenon formed at the top . |
| 26 | It was theatre practice to put dancers in dressing-rooms situated at the top of the building which was totally illogical as troupes always had more changes of costume than solo acts and less time to complete them . |
| 27 | Leaders Raith Rovers have a seven-point lead at the top following their 2-0 win over Stirling Albion . |
| 28 | Chief Insp Vic Williams , top , at the wheel of the car with the camera fitted at the top of the windscreen . |
| 29 | It was fitted into an antelope-horn hilt carved at the top with the Beast 's head . |
| 30 | Among features of Les Jones homes which are not often found elsewhere are Jacobean bricks below the damp proof coursing , window sills and chimney stacks ; walls and roof trusses of superior quality ; with every single roof tile nailed at the top and clipped at the bottom , with a four inch overlap to the next tile . |