Example sentences of "it [prep] top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conservative plans would split it from top to bottom in a complex network of charging that pitted patients against doctors , doctors against hospitals , hospitals against charities and charities against patients . |
| 2 | Conservative plans would split it from top to bottom , he said , in a complex network of charging that pitted patients against doctors , doctors against hospitals , hospitals against charities and charities against patients . |
| 3 | An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on . |
| 4 | and and rub it round top of your plate , just put straight from |
| 5 | Yet we felt we should give this fellow a chance , so my wife put it in a box and set it on top of the Aga . |
| 6 | ‘ Thanks , Rose , ’ he said and placed it on top of the radio . |
| 7 | The resulting patterns were transferred to paper by carefully floating it on top . |
| 8 | Instead she lifted her hair with both hands , smoothing it up from the nape of her neck and piling it on top of her head in a soft copper mound . |
| 9 | I 'm amazed parents can afford it on top of the fees . |
| 10 | Where the bottom is weedy ( ordinary soft weed , not algae ) you can incorporate a cork or piece of polystyrene into the feeder to keep it on top of the weed ( see Fig. 3 ) . |
| 11 | Kalchu searched in the fire for an ember , laid it on top of the chillim and drew in deeply . |
| 12 | She brushed her mistress 's hair and piled it on top of her head in a cluster of curls , carefully and meticulously arranged to look quite casual . |
| 13 | Now add the top of the fireback , bedding it on top of the lower half with a layer of fire cement |
| 14 | When I wake up I just pull it back or put it on top of my head in a top knot . |
| 15 | It is taking SVR4.2 and putting it on top of Windows 3. x as a Windows application . |
| 16 | It is taking System V.4.2 and putting it on top of Windows 3 . |
| 17 | First she bathed Rachel and gave her a feed before settling her down , then she washed and changed , combing out her long fair hair and setting it on top of her head again . |
| 18 | As you catch each worm , put it on top of the soil in the wormery . |
| 19 | It was the air raid shelter then and we went down there and we was in the shelter and er we 'd been down there ten minutes to quarter of an hour oh there was such a bang outside we thought this is it , you know , all the bits and stones and rubbish and er that was stuck on the ceiling was disturbed you know and it down it on top of us , you know , all bits and plaster and water th it was er shi close . |
| 20 | He pulled the small plastic box free and laid it on top of the crate , fumbling in his jacket pocket for something . |
| 21 | Then she unzipped her handbag , took out the cassette and placed it on top of the envelope . |
| 22 | ‘ Close Encounters ’ on D-Zone by BASSIX takes the familiar motif from the Spielberg favourite , bleeps it up and sets it on top of a busy , almost cluttered , house tune . |
| 23 | Lay it on top of the potted peat down a little bit . |
| 24 | She plucked the green scarf from the throat of her raincoat , spread it on top of the heap of boulders . |
| 25 | Fumbling , panicking , he got the grey metal wastebin from under the desk and set it on top . |
| 26 | Roll out the marzipan to a slightly smaller rectangle and lay it on top of pastry . |
| 27 | He looked round for the instrument and saw it on top of one of the presses . |
| 28 | Standing it on top of the dresser to catch the drips , she instructed it firmly , ‘ Do n't fill up before morning . ’ |
| 29 | And then took er took the k took the tr the erm took the the saddle off and the lathe and and fitted it on top and then got special tools from Clarence Dock at Liverpool power station that I asked for , tools . |
| 30 | Ken put it on top of the locker , where it staggered around the perimeter mewing and testing space with its paw . |