Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the top [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit . |
| 2 | Mind you , I do n't suppose you would really want to stick them in the top of the Christmas pudding either . |
| 3 | The till , the till locks , and erm we used to assemble those as well and er it was a fortunate one who used to do the lacquering , there was a big er big erm heated table and er it was easy work to do the lacquering you see and you used to have to put them on the top of the heated tower to dry before they were packed to go away , but erm they were , it was a hard place to work for but er the one son Mr he was always in London and er this is n't being recorded now is it , is it ? |
| 4 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 5 | A shilling there or something , used to leave it on the top of the dustbin when she |
| 6 | And Taylor said : ‘ At last , our young players now have the facilities to put us at the top of the world game . ’ |
| 7 | The aim , to keep them at the top of the sport . |
| 8 | Brain power and horse power is going to take him to the top of the sport . |
| 9 | However , if the marble has enough energy to take it to the top of the hump then it will , of course , roll down the other side . |
| 10 | I was engrossed in these thoughts and just about to drip it on the top of my head as I had seen Sally do when , from nowhere , a hand knocked me to the floor , spilling the contents of the bottle . |
| 11 | And then he did it again in 1944 , that time from east to west , the first man to make it across the top of Canada in both directions . |