Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | were broken at the top . |
| 2 | Decisions were made at the top , by monarch , Council , or minister , not , as in a modern bureaucracy , by officials in the lower and middle echelons , who then mostly carried out routine tasks . |
| 3 | They were disturbing at the top . |
| 4 | After the cement was loaded ( up to 404 lbs per cask ) , the circular lid was firmly tapped into place , the destination and other details were burned upon the lid , and the hoops were tightened at the top to hold the lid in place . |
| 5 | In the same way a temple which was situated at the top of a flight of steps might be shown on top of steps , though the number of steps on the coin would normally be fewer than in reality . |
| 6 | Swear when he was sat at the top of the stairs shivering he looked so thin . |
| 7 | When she arrived at the Red House , a large Citroën was parked at the top of the short drive . |
| 8 | The ‘ organ of benevolence ’ was located at the top of the forehead . |
| 9 | He was shouting at the top of his voice into the microphone but save for a few at the front of the crowd , nobody could hear a word because someone had cut the amplifier cable . |
| 10 | Such pictures she always found calming to her nerves and she had no need of the large net which was hung at the top of the staircase , to catch those distracted adolescents who attempted suicide in the converted country house where she received her education . |
| 11 | At a thanksgiving service her second in command was writing at the top of the steps for one of the leaders to arrive . |
| 12 | A deep central window was arched at the top . |
| 13 | A roundabout was built at the top of Anerley Hill to provide a run-round loop and was said to be located partly in five different boroughs . |
| 14 | The curved members were made up from 2 pieces of 5x2 in. sawn roughly to shape and joined by double mortice and tenon , as was used at the top to join the curved members and the centre glazing bar . |
| 15 | Meg was squatting at the top of the stairs , her hands clutching the third and fourth struts tightly , her eyes wide , filled with fright . |
| 16 | The commercial department of the Central Authority was staffed at the top by three ex-CEB men who had been experts in the complex bulk tariff rules laid down in 1926 to secure equity between independent undertakings : a job which no longer existed . |
| 17 | A car park was provided at the top of the property . |
| 18 | In January 1985 , before he was supplanted at the top by Lendl , the New Yorker defeated the stern Czechoslovak in straight sets in the Masters final . |
| 19 | He was also critical of the way F1 was run at the top . |
| 20 | The boy-his name 's Hilary Frome , by the way — was retching at the top of the stairs when he and that hatchet-faced wife of his got in . |
| 21 | Er if you fully fund a TESSA at nine thousand , we 'd estimate around eleven to twelve thousand back , and not the sixteen thousand that was projected at the top of the cycle about three years ago . |
| 22 | A rat was sitting at the top of the companion . |
| 23 | Hawkins was standing at the top where he 'd climbed from the ladder and was gazing nonplussed at the strange scarecrow on the floor . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Outside , Green was standing at the top of the steps smoking a cigarette . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 28 | Victoria was standing at the top of the stairs hanging on to the banister . |
| 29 | Suddenly , he was standing at the top of the staircase , apparently on his way to his bedroom . |
| 30 | He had pulled the band of material that passed for a skirt up around her waist and was tugging at the top of her tights . |