Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lancashire side recorded their 11th successive home win , and were seven points clear of Ipswich at the top , when they beat Newcastle United in February . |
| 2 | After three games of the championship Willowfield are a point ahead of Cliftonville at the top of the table , with Ballymena , Castleton and Knock a point further behind . |
| 3 | And now she had one bony hand extended towards Charles at the top of the table and in it was her dinner fork with a piece of meat still speared on it . |
| 4 | Michael came hurrying towards Sean at the top of the aisle and took Noreen 's other arm . |
| 5 | Milan , one point ahead of Sampdoria at the top of the table , also have teething problems , trying to rotate half a dozen foreigners when they can only use three ! |
| 6 | Success , of course , brings new problems and with Arsenal at the top , the next task was to keep them there . |
| 7 | Both use circulating wires to cut smooth faces in the early Carboniferous limestone , and whereas the first was used to build the high monument to the Grande Armee that overlooks Boulogne ( with Napoleon at the top firmly turning his back on England ) , the Indiana quarry produced the stone facings for the Empire State Building in New York . |
| 8 | He was sitting with Mick at the top of a hill and he was wishing with a deep desire that he could remain in time , this present time , forever . |
| 9 | Sinan ( Emir Hasan ) , who appears to have served continuously from 959/1552 to Shawwal 964/August 1557 and who had previously been kadi of Aleppo : It is worth noting that the kadiliks in the list are divided into two distinct grades — though if Hezarfen is right , they do not seem to correspond , at least in the way one would expect , to " 300- and 500-akce " kadiliks — and it is no$ impossible that the order as given above represents the order of precedence , with Istanbul at the top and Baghdad at the bottom . |
| 10 | Saints are now level on points with Wigan at the top of Division One and coach Mike McClennan beamed : ‘ Shane Cooper was the catalyst of the win but this was a real team effort . |
| 11 | informal : to Mum , Dad , grandparents , brothers , sisters , to friends , pen friend from Jack at the top of the beanstalk . |
| 12 | It was engraved by his old friend John Thornton , and bore a graceful vignette by his other friend , the miniaturist W. M. Craig , who had a studio in Manchester at the top of Market Street Lane . |
| 13 | In the London League , Hampstead and Spencer overtook Surbiton , who snatched a draw at Purley ; Ben Rhydding , beaten 3-2 by Sheffield , were overhauled by Preston and Alderley Edge in the North ; while Trojans , held 2-2 by Anchorians , were joined by Chichester at the top of the South . |