Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the church where I was converted , the service began with a muffled announcement from the back , followed by a lengthy hymn during which thirty men and women in long blue dresses , white nightshirts and yellowing ruffs walked up and down the various corridors in the building singing at the top of their voices . |
| 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 | knife at the back of the saw , they , it is a bit dangerous , erm where 's the guard goes at the top |
| 4 | 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 . ) |
| 5 | But he said that is a pittance compared to the tax dodging at the top , that 's it 's billions ! |
| 6 | Cheryl 's three words were hardly finished before Angela was racing back to the farmhouse shouting at the top of her voice . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Now type : — *193O728 — the exclamation mark causes the name to appear at the top of your list of folders . |
| 9 | I used to sleep in the same bed as my mother and father because of the shortage of space , but one morning I woke up in another room and I looked out and saw the undertaker standing at the top of the stairs . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And the pressure remained at the top : no access to the old boys ' clubs or men 's rooms for deal-making , and the constant reminder that ‘ if a man fails it 's because he 's inadequate , but if a female does it 's because of her sex . ’ |
| 15 | The sailor stood at the top of the mast , high above the Captain . |
| 16 | ( 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 . ) |
| 17 | Chief Insp Vic Williams , top , at the wheel of the car with the camera fitted at the top of the windscreen . |
| 18 | The monarch stood at the top of a pyramid of aristocracy in a period when most people still assumed society must be run by élites . |
| 19 | In a hierarchy there is an unequal distribution of responsibility , power and authority with most of the power concentrated at the top of the pyramid . |
| 20 | The Act provided for a route commencing at the top of Anerley Hill , descending past Crystal Palace ( Low Level ) Station to Thicket Road , a turning on the left , which led through to the top end of Beckenham Road , Penge . |
| 21 | What is valuable is to see that here is a critic writing at the top of his bent . |
| 22 | There was a longer gash on her right elbow and a bruise forming at the top of her arm . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Fastenings are made as simple as possible : ladies might use an all-in-one slip-over brassiè , or one with front fastening ; shoes might have velcro or elastic laces rather than normal laces ; shirts would use velcro strips rather than buttons ; men 's trousers would have a zip fly rather than buttons , with a velcro fastening at the top ; braces are easier to manage than a belt to hold trousers up ; a lady 's skirt might have an elasticated waist or a velcro fastening . |
| 25 | They were only just in time , for a minute or two later a procession appeared at the top of the hill and began to make its way slowly down . |
| 26 | The top of the ladder is the eventual target of the programme but we can never climb a ladder starting at the top . |
| 27 | The post is fitted over the moulded side seat rail , roughly cut to profile ( from a template ) and a tenon formed at the top . |
| 28 | Leaders Raith Rovers have a seven-point lead at the top following their 2-0 win over Stirling Albion . |
| 29 | A pulse beats at the top of her long , white neck , under her chin . |
| 30 | 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 . |