Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | PETER MARSHALL 's double-handed style has carried him to the top of the British rankings , and many observers were looking to this week 's British Open Championship at Wembley Conference Centre to provide proof of his potential at world level . |
| 2 | She 's written it on the top of the letter . |
| 3 | He sat on the top of the large expanse of teak desk and stared coldly at the men who had made it to the top of one of the biggest corporations in the world , employing nearly one million people . |
| 4 | Only nine people have made it to the top in winter — and one died on the way down . |
| 5 | So far only a small number of women have made it to the top . |
| 6 | In reality Goldie is a shrewd operator who is proud to have made it to the top on her own merits . |
| 7 | He then says that Caesar does n't seem to let his emotions speak more than his reason , but ( this is the next six or seven lines ) when ambitious young people are starting out , at the bottom of the heap , they are humble and look up with awe , but once they have made it to the top , they scorn all those below them , who have helped them to get there . |
| 8 | What on earth does she think has powered her to the top of her sport and put millions of deutschmarks into her bank account ? |
| 9 | His strategy was that he spent big , to give the club momentum , once he had got us to the top , he knew we were living beyond our means , but hoped that the structure he created would maintain our position . |
| 10 | I 've marked it at the top . |
| 11 | ‘ If I 'm given a challenge I have to have a go at it , ’ he admits , reflecting on the guiding principles that have taken him to the top of two major industries . |
| 12 | Graf is one of the world 's top tennis players whose supreme athleticism and guts have put her at the top of a very tough profession . |
| 13 | His new album Goodbye Jumbo seems to have put him at the top of the list of those eager to nominate a spokesman for the green generation . |
| 14 | When one of the witnesses pointed out that the testator had not signed the will the testator replied that he had signed it at the top and that it could be signed anywhere . |
| 15 | well if you 'd of put it at the top of the basket , I would of seen it |
| 16 | The path forked when it reached an old log cabin ; left would have taken us to the top of Mount Eddy , right took us on the Pacific Crest Trail stretching from Canada down to Mexico . |
| 17 | I 've just nipped it off the top of that one , that 's not growing any more |