Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [prep] the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some critics believe it is already out of control and that the wave of public sector pay claims likely in the aftermath of Labour 's defeat could tip it over the top . |
| 2 | Okay , and you 've done , you 've done that on one bit of the fraction , so you must do it on the top as well . |
| 3 | Yes , okay and we 're still coming round yet again and the last one cos she 's got quite a large fist , I 'll take it over the top , round the back and this one now I can tie , tie it off , sorry tie it off on the back of her hand now , I do n't want to tie it off on the front cos in a minute I want to put this into a sling not too tight ? |
| 4 | I just do n't have it off the top of my head , but I am telling you |
| 5 | you can have it at the top where you 've changed it and then the window underneath you can scan it through the file again . |
| 6 | In 1987 at one of the regular meetings of superintendents , I listened as the deputy chief constable talked his way through a potential problem for the increasing numbers of graduates in the service , who ‘ obviously can not all make it to the top ’ . |
| 7 | Business asked the 10 youngest : ‘ How did you make it to the top so quickly ? ’ |
| 8 | Will wiggling your bottom help you make it to the top ? |
| 9 | There are three reasons for this : first , women dress differently from ‘ 20 men all wearing pinstripe suits ’ , making them more memorable ; second , they offload their emotions over redundancy much more quickly , making them better prepared to look for a new position ; and third , because of the so-called ‘ glass ceiling ’ , those women who do make it to the top are ‘ slightly better ’ than their male competitors . |
| 10 | When I look at the Olympic fighters here I see several with good styles and professional potential who should make it to the top if they get with the right coaches . ’ |
| 11 | The most frequent trigger to that crisis was career blockage , the realization that they , with the vast majority , would not make it to the top . |
| 12 | The model does not make it over the top of the loop and starts to fall inverted . |
| 13 | I mean , the the Tories are ready , should n't they complete to environmental issues , whereas every every public consultation or survey that ever carried out , demonstrates every time , that the public are very concerned that they 're , of the environment and they will put it at the top of the list , and I think our con the environment by having a dedicated Environment Officer proves our positive er commitment to the environment . |
| 14 | Well they ca n't push it from the top |