Example sentences of "see the top [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now walk through the Post Office on your right and you will come to the cloisters of the Carmelite nuns , beyond which you can see the top of the pediment of the Church of St Joseph . |
| 2 | It towered so far above me I could n't even see the top of it . |
| 3 | From his vantage point we could see the top of the road blazing to high heaven . |
| 4 | He looked up , but even now he could n't see the top of the giant tree . |
| 5 | He could just see the top of his mother 's head , right at the front … |
| 6 | ‘ I still ca n't see the top of the lights ’ , he moaned . |
| 7 | I watch it from my seat in the New York as well , which is down below to the right ; I can see the top of its maroon awning . |
| 8 | We can see the top of Skeleton Island from here . |
| 9 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 10 | The moon was low upon our right , and in its light we could see the top of a hill . |
| 11 | Mrs Lane was there just below her ; she could see the top of the round , erect , crisply waved head of iron-grey hair , and the bountiful bulges , fore and aft , of the pocket-clipper figure below . |
| 12 | I could see the top of the house and one of the skylights over the loft . |