Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In me garter at the top of me stocking . ’ |
| 2 | I left my sack at the top of Cairn Lochan and scrambled down to the foot of Savage Slit . |
| 3 | I sit in my room at the top of the house with my swabs and solvents , my brushes and pigments . |
| 4 | I took my place at the top of a walkway between the orchestra , the curtains opened and a lush sigh from the string section led the intro of ‘ Memories ’ . |
| 5 | The 27-year-old mother 's ordeal began when the kidnapper jumped out at her after she had parked her car at the top of a multi-storey at a shopping centre in Eastleigh , Hants . |
| 6 | Sara too from her desk at the top of the room stared at him blankly . |
| 7 | Champions AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Udinese , but still stretched their lead at the top to four points following defeats for Inter and Juventus . |
| 8 | Champions AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Udinese , but still stretched their lead at the top to four points following defeats for Inter and Juventus , who were without the injured England international David Platt . |
| 9 | They stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points , beating an Aston Villa side who were gradually becoming the force everyone else feared . |
| 10 | Second-placed London Welsh had a blank weekend , giving Rob Lane 's troops the chance to extent their lead at the top to three points with just three games left . |
| 11 | Their opponents have been through the mangle recently , going out of two cup competitions courtesy of Bangor and seeing their lead at the top of the table cut to a slender one point . |
| 12 | Birkenhead St Mary 's extended their lead at the top as the nearest challengers Sutton and Aigburth lost . |
| 13 | ROLLER HOCKEY : Middlesbrough Roller Hockey Club consolidated their lead at the top of the table with two wins out of three against Durham and Glasgow , losing to host club Willington . |
| 14 | HARTLEPOOL South made the most of nearest Marske Eppleton being on cup duty to open up their lead at the top . |
| 15 | Second Division leaders Stockton stretched their lead at the top to points after they beat Hebburn 4–1 . |
| 16 | BRECHIN stretched their lead at the top of the Second Division with 1-0 win over their nearest rivals , Clyde , thanks to an amazing blunder by the home goalkeeper , Scott Howie , in the 67th minute . |
| 17 | He scored twice in the closing eight minutes to force a 4-4 draw , a result which helped the Paisley men increase their lead at the top of the table to two points . |
| 18 | GLEBE consolidated their lead at the top of the Merseyside League by overcoming Kirkdale 5-3 in a thrilling encounter . |
| 19 | BARRY WILSON turned in a star performance as Stantondale increased their lead at the top of the second division last week - and afterwards his managers furnished him with the same compliment : ‘ He 's class . ’ |
| 20 | And just back to football , the South Midland premier division ; Thame United retain their lead at the top of the table with a narrow but in the end , comfortable victory at Langford this afternoon . |
| 21 | Having established the tone , Procul Harum duly yielded their place at the top of the charts to the Beatles , who settled on the essence of that summer with ‘ All You Need Is Love ’ , to be followed by Scott McKenzie 's ‘ San Francisco ’ , which was , millions of radios announced , the place to be to skip the light fandango , and where all one needed was love . |
| 22 | No there was er three lads in the double bed and er another two lads in the single bed in one room , and mother was in the front room of course she had husband in those days you see when we were growing up , there was a it was not unusual to sleep top-to- tail if we had any pals , if we had a party and we had any pals we 'd sleep top-to-tail one with a head at the bottom and others with their head at the top , sounds like something out of the Dickens when you start talking about it do n't it ? |
| 23 | It makes a conveniently central hub : the Marais Poitevin village of Coulon is 27 miles to the north by the D120 , which inexplicably changes its number at the top of a hill to D115 . |
| 24 | Abingdon Town struggled to record a two one win against hosts Bracknell Town here today , and will certainly need to improve their finishing if they are to maintain their challenge at the top of the Vauxhall League , division two south . |
| 25 | Many dolphins and porpoises are particularly vulnerable to these poisons , because of both their coastal habitat and their position at the top of the food chain . |
| 26 | Clacton juniors strengthened their position at the top of Division Three in the Essex Inter League when they beat Colchester B 9–0 . |
| 27 | DEPORTIVO Coruna underlined their Spanish championship aspirations by thrashing Real Sociedad 5-1 yesterday to consolidate their position at the top of the league . |
| 28 | In the Lancashire Ladies League last year 's winners Liverpool have beaten Marple 5-0 to establish their position at the top . |
| 29 | Lasting impressions so far : the sun ( miraculously ) shining on the slopes of Dalwhinnie , far in the north , on the first leg of the journey ; stumbling across Drew from the World Cup holiday in a motorway café somewhere in England in the middle of the night ; breakfast and mineral water with Claire ( oh , it was good to see her ) in an Italian cafe near London Victoria ; people throwing up all over the joint on the Seacat crossing to Boulogne ( and me staggering about , legs way out of control , on the deck , getting soaked by the spray , saltwater taste in the mouth , and a rainbow arcing on top of the water behind the catamaran ) ; complaining English and American tourist ( ‘ It 's ridiculous that we have to go through customs — why do we have to go through customs anyway ? … ) ; terrible fatigue on the train to Paris , and temperamental French men shouting and swearing at each other in the aisle ; relief at finding Angela 's flat in Paris ; difficult negotiation of the very narrow stairwell , finally finding her way at the top on the 6th floor ; food , and wine , and a shower , and a bed-settee for the night ; Japanese tourists at Notre Dame , and a man announcing his state of poverty and homelessness on the Métro — ‘ ‘ . |
| 30 | The deadly weapon that will destroy the eight twelves and restore the mighty Chelonian race to its position at the top of the universal tree ! ’ |