Example sentences of "stand at [art] top " in BNC.
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| 1 | A substantial 18th century house known as Magnolia and formerly as the New House , stands at the top of The Narrows . |
| 2 | ‘ We have a saying in my country , ‘ for him who stands at the top of the tower there is no other season but winter . ’ |
| 3 | The man moved to stand at the top of the stairs , barring their way , and then he recognized the young man . |
| 4 | Of many , in summertime we always used to stand at the top of the yards , you know , men and women . |
| 5 | They approach the Ben from its wide whale-backed side , and hence stand at the top of these cliffs without being able to view them . |
| 6 | While sex segregation is endemic in the labour market , ‘ SSDs stand at the top of the league table in the welfare state ’ , as Christine Hallett noted in 1989 . |
| 7 | And in such situations it is usually the unpaid office holders who stand at the top of the hierarchy and who give orders to their wage-earning staff |
| 8 | When he was expected home , Alice would stand at the top of the area steps watching for him . |
| 9 | And thus it was , that February evening , that she came to be standing at the top of the monumental sweep of the staircase , under the huge doorway , pausing for a moment , offering tribute to herself and all her gods . |
| 10 | And thus it was that she came to be , that February evening , standing at the top of the tower block staircase , leaning against the wall and panting a little from her climb , pausing for a moment and thinking gloomy thoughts about life and death . |
| 11 | Between Erika and Karl , standing at the top of the steps , and the statue there was a sunken garden , its sides punctuated by slabs of concrete . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Gomer would be standing at the top of the steps , lounging against the porch pillars ; an ogre with his two-tailed knotted whip . |
| 14 | Hawkins was standing at the top where he 'd climbed from the ladder and was gazing nonplussed at the strange scarecrow on the floor . |
| 15 | So at mid-day , Doyle was standing at the top of the wide , stone steps of St Paul 's , waiting for the memorial service for a ‘ retired ’ member of MI5 to finish . |
| 16 | However , standing at the top of a ladder with a hot air gun is not funny when the weather is freezing cold , and a better answer is the hot towel treatment , especially with plastic waste pipes , which may melt if heated too much . |
| 17 | For the past hour we had been standing at the top of a Norfolk heath in swirling snow . |
| 18 | Outside , Green was standing at the top of the steps smoking a cigarette . |
| 19 | Then he realised who was standing at the top of the steps , and ducked behind the table a mere shaving of time before a short black dart sped across the room and thunked into the woodwork . |
| 20 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 21 | Then , staring across the moonlit yard , she saw his tall figure standing at the top of the slope leading down to the river . |
| 22 | Outside the room , standing at the top of the stairs , he was told exactly what the doctor had said . |
| 23 | New College , standing at the top of the Mound overlooking Princes Street , is the seat of the Faculty of Divinity . |
| 24 | Standing at the top of the steps , Gabriel held out his hand , thinking to feel rain . |
| 25 | Gabriel remained standing at the top of the steps : Garvey told him to do so . |
| 26 | Victoria was standing at the top of the stairs hanging on to the banister . |
| 27 | Suddenly , he was standing at the top of the staircase , apparently on his way to his bedroom . |
| 28 | ‘ The front door ! ’ said Rose , mightily impressed , as they stood at the top of a flight of wide stone steps , flanked by funerary urns , which led down to the drive . |
| 29 | It was the decaying thatched cottage known as Gilbard 's which stood at the top of Lime Street in Stowey , and which had been occupied until then by a widow called Elizabeth Rendell . |
| 30 | He stood at the top of a long flight of wide stone steps . |