Example sentences of "[verb] at the top [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she started laughing at the top of her voice . |
| 2 | That just depicts the same structure in terms of constituents and sub-constituents , so the whole thing is a sentence which in the bracketing notation just has the sentence with its bracket and the other bracket 's way down the other end , and this is mirrored by the label sentence occurring at the top of the tree , it means it covers everything below it roughly . |
| 3 | Two wings appear at the top of the Caduceus . |
| 4 | Both stations routinely appear at the top of the performance league , with load factors well in excess of 80 per cent . |
| 5 | A pulse beats at the top of her long , white neck , under her chin . |
| 6 | The ‘ organ of benevolence ’ was located at the top of the forehead . |
| 7 | The cerebellum is located at the top of the brainstem below the cerebrum , and works as a sort of administrative computer regulating the rate , sequence and force of motor movements . |
| 8 | Well located at the top of Silom Road overlooking Lumpini Park , this hotel makes access to all the city 's many attractions easy . |
| 9 | Resembling a ship 's bridge , the company boardroom is located at the top of a 22 metre conning-tower , with the three floors below housing printing presses at the ‘ stern ’ and 4.500 sq metres of editorial and administrative space , a restaurant and fitness room around a central atrium located at the ‘ bow ’ . |
| 10 | A substantial 18th century house known as Magnolia and formerly as the New House , stands at the top of The Narrows . |
| 11 | ‘ We have a saying in my country , ‘ for him who stands at the top of the tower there is no other season but winter . ’ |
| 12 | He dreamed , each time , of his plantation in Jamaica — banana palms leafed like green fountains , bright orange papaws clustered at the top of their naked stems , a noise of surf quickened the air with its rustling freshness . |
| 13 | Clustered at the top of the mast , the insects became immobile . |
| 14 | Now firmly perched at the top of the Hollywood ‘ A-list ’ of actresses , it seems strange that her career has been made up entirely of films that really have n't been all that good . |
| 15 | The Wellenkuppe summit , a white notch against a blue sky , was only five minutes away up an easy snow slope , but almost everyone stopped at the top of the rock pitch for a second breakfast . |
| 16 | They stopped at the top of the hill and sat down . |
| 17 | Leithen and I stopped at the top of the hill and looked down again into the little green valley . |
| 18 | For example , his mother finds it almost impossible to prepare Veronica 's tea , which she likes to feed to the child , because John empties cupboards upstairs , turns on taps , climbs on top of the wardrobe , hangs from the banisters and shouts at the top of his voice . |
| 19 | John shouts at the top of his voice when he should not ( lines 13 and 14 ) |
| 20 | Sh she shouts at the top of her voice at 'im . |
| 21 | Swear when he was sat at the top of the stairs shivering he looked so thin . |
| 22 | What a wonderful vision the lady who lives at the top of our road shared with us all ! |
| 23 | Met the lady who lives at the top of our road who shared the vision on Sunday night . |
| 24 | In most cases the ileoanal anastomosis lies at the top of the anal columns and hence the anal transition zone is retained ; however , in patients with polyposis we usually perform a mucosectomy and a sutured anastomosis at the denate line . |
| 25 | No-one realises how f—in' hard it is to scream at the top of your lungs and concentrate on playing guitar solos . |
| 26 | I hesitate at the top of the path . |
| 27 | The man moved to stand at the top of the stairs , barring their way , and then he recognized the young man . |
| 28 | Of many , in summertime we always used to stand at the top of the yards , you know , men and women . |
| 29 | When she arrived at the Red House , a large Citroën was parked at the top of the short drive . |
| 30 | 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 . ) |