Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They know that if they lose this one , then a gap opens up at the top . |
| 2 | But throughout the verbal onslaught of 152 days of intense and heated debate , one simple question remained firmly at the top of the agenda : whether nuclear power would be cheaper than other potential sources of electricity . |
| 3 | And the tall tree arched over at the top in a graceful curve like a shepherd 's crook , as if it were looking down to admire itself . |
| 4 | On the kitchen landing , the dog sat staunchly at the top of the stairs , blocking her way with its back to her , apparently sunk in thought . |
| 5 | Thomas Hardy described ‘ the Bollard ’ as ‘ the cliff rounded off at the top in vegetation like a forehead with low-grown hair ’ . |
| 6 | Oh , we 're sure they were but er this was the thing with a private collier company where you had er a sort of , not quite chairman , of the colliery sitting there at the top o in the office , watching everybody come and go . |
| 7 | There she was out in the street in 'er nightshift shoutin' out at the top of 'er voice . ’ |
| 8 | The green fire jiggled politely at the top of the stairs . |
| 9 | The orchard thinned out at the top of the slope where we had started to dig our slit trenches . |