Example sentences of "to top [pron] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found that a poor Tambov peasant who harvested 35 pudy of grain from one desiatin of land had to pay 15 pudy of it for the hire of a plough , 7 pudy for having the grain carted off in a richer man 's wagon , and to top it all 7 pudy in tax . |
| 2 | And to top it all , it has pledged to maintain high employment and an annual economic growth rate of 1.9 per cent . |
| 3 | To top it all Mangon and Ethel had a row which unfortunately affected the employment of a large number of dancers . |
| 4 | And to top it all the Allies then imposed a 26 per cent tax on all goods and materials imported into Germany . |
| 5 | And to top it all off there were the dispiriting revelations that Liverpool 's manager Graeme Souness , had not only phoned his congratulations through to John Major from his private hospital bed , but also , allegedly for mega-bucks , allowed himself to appear on the front of the Sun on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster with his tongue down the throat of a former TV hostess . |
| 6 | And , to top it all , Holder 's doctor informed him he can spend Christmas Day at home with his family . |
| 7 | Then to top it all , two of Mary 's friends squeezed in with several more parcels . |
| 8 | To top it all off , the pockets are flashed with braiding as well . |
| 9 | Sleighthome , Bramley , Bracken , Clarke , Crompton and Ravenscroft had already earned selection for the Student World Cup team in Italy , and to top it all the first three also enjoyed a trip to Namibia and Zimbabwe with the senior North Divisional team ! |
| 10 | To top it all , the ‘ co-ordinator ’ of the United Left , Julio Anguita , earns a higher rating in the polls than the leader of the People 's Party , Jose Maria Aznar , though he is still behind the Socialist prime minister , Felipe Gonzalez . |
| 11 | And to top it all off , he was gorgeous . |
| 12 | To top it all I added a red and white ribbon to the crest of my perm . |
| 13 | To top it all a stranger is set to make a major impact on your life . |
| 14 | As we are all aware , they have cut the grant available to safety representatives training , sorry , for safety representatives ' training and will completely eliminate that grant by nineteen ninety five and to top it all they have just announced that a review of all health and safety legislation will be completed by April next year the objective of this review is to reduce the so-called burdens health and safety legislation puts on employers . |
| 15 | Rampant inflation , excessive public expenditure , lack of private investment because of ex excessive tax burdens , and to top it all , an industrial relations policy that brought this country to its knees , making it the subject of derision throughout the world . |
| 16 | T shirts … flags and banners and of course a cap to top it all off … |
| 17 | To top it all her mother disowns her , so she is left to wander the streets , when she meets Matthews ( Martin Donovan ) , who has also been driven from his home . |