Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] the top [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The man moved to stand at the top of the stairs , barring their way , and then he recognized the young man . |
| 2 | He crossed to the edge of the grass and craned to look at the top of the building . |
| 3 | A few rich families began to emerge at the top of such societies and the numbers of poor cottagers grew significantly , but the old-established middling families long remained the backbone of many a rural community . |
| 4 | The High Court in Glasgow heard that as the car started to go over the top of the steps , one of the youths pushing it shouted : ‘ There 's somebody down there . ’ |
| 5 | Manchester City4 , Leeds0 THE WHEELS came off Leeds United 's hitherto solid championship challenge at Maine Road in a match which , paradoxically , they could easily have collected the point they needed to return to the top of the table . |
| 6 | Ms Stephens was asked by reporters how it felt to climb to the top of the world . |
| 7 | Christina had to yell at the top of her voice to be heard above the wind , her long hair whipping across her face . |
| 8 | On reading the Echo report I had to look at the top of the page to make certain that the date was June 1st and not April 1st . |
| 9 | I had to look in the top of his wardrobe . |
| 10 | Martin Grace had to run along the top of a train doubling for Roger Moore in Octopussy . |
| 11 | Alexandra wondered if there was a feature in it : successful younger women , the varied careers it was possible for them to take up these days , the chances they had to rise to the top in their chosen professions , whether or not those professions were less orthodox than the ones chosen by their male counterparts . |
| 12 | Thus rather than adopting the language of coercion and hence drawing parallels between corporate officials and , say , soldiers at the front in World War I compelled to go over the top at dawn to meet the German machine-gun bullets or be shot as ‘ deserters ’ , it might be more realistic to argue that corporate officials are frequently placed in a position where they are required to choose between impairing their career chances or being a loyal organizational person . |