Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [prep] the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got out of the car and walked to the top of the hill . |
| 2 | Turn left , following the fence and keep to the top of the field . |
| 3 | To do this properly you need to hold the strings down at the first fret and measure from the top of the pickup polepiece to the underside of the strings . |
| 4 | I love it when they put their hand right there and you can feel their fingers in your hair and pressing into the top of the back of your neck . |
| 5 | If the factor is positive , the polymer chains sediment away from the centre of rotation to the cell bottom , if negative , they move in the opposite direction and float to the top . |
| 6 | From the slit along the bottom , it protrudes not only its foot but two sections of its mantle which extend over each flank of the shell and meet at the top . |
| 7 | Cypriot coffee is made individually in small , long-handled pots which are wide at the base and tapered at the top . |
| 8 | For 1901 , the graph had the shape of a pyramid — broad at the base and tapering to the top . |
| 9 | He climbed up the wheat-rick and sat on the top , beating down the flames with the branch . |
| 10 | Walk south along the ridge and scramble to the top of Mynydd Drws-y-coed . |
| 11 | Nathan passed through the curtain and stopped at the top of the steps . |
| 12 | Mr Bennet put one finger at the side of his nose and looked over the top of his glasses . |
| 13 | There are also bugs on the glass , which are mainly free swimming and congregate at the top of the water . |
| 14 | A rope had been thrown over a low beam in the room and tied to the top of the Bookman 's cage . |
| 15 | ‘ The idea of nicking a Stones riff and putting it behind a James Brown backbeat and howling over the top is pretty appealing , but it 's not really what we 're into as a band . |
| 16 | ‘ The idea of nicking a Stones riff and putting it behind a James Brown backbeat and howling over the top is pretty appealing , but it 's not really what we 're into as a band . |
| 17 | Then she turned her head and stared to the top of her cage , and then flew darkly up to it and took her usual stance staring up , up now towards the moon and distant stars . |
| 18 | As he put her back on her feet , George threw back his head and shouted at the top of his voice — ‘ Ya — ha ! |
| 19 | These are wrapped around the ball and fastened at the top with a collar through which passed a wire ring for suspension or to pass round the wrist . |
| 20 | The solid mixture is then dissolved in a small amount of the solvent and added to the top of the column . |
| 21 | ALLAN BUDI KUSUMA , thriving on the confidence gleaned from his victory over Denmark 's world No. 1 , Morten Frost , in the semi-finals , beat fellow Indonesian Eddy Kurniawan 15-7 15-12 to win the Dutch men 's open title and move to the top of the world rankings . |
| 22 | Some people , brought up in the expectation of forging a career and getting near the top if not right to the top in their profession , may be deeply committed to their work . |
| 23 | ‘ Golly , they say it 's about eight feet tall , black as pitch , covered in scales , breathing brimstone and smashing in the top of the army tank . ’ |
| 24 | In the chip shop we bought some fish out the fryer and put in the top and straight away got them bloody tongs picked it up and poured the bloody grease off it and put it in the bloody bag thought it was terrible . |
| 25 | If we are feeling ambitious we can then take train and ferry to the top of the South Island and proceed down the West Coast . |
| 26 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 27 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 28 | He fired his pistol in the air and charged over the top as if he were chasing some errant fox . |
| 29 | David Buckley , 29 , was giving a friend a lift home when his car clipped the kerb , somersaulted 15ft into the air and smashed through the top of a lamp-post . |
| 30 | Youths dressed as demons careered across the road and yelled at the tops of their voices . |