Example sentences of "be [v-ing] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're not swimming around , yeah they 're staying at the top as well are n't they ? |
| 2 | ‘ Police have been waiting at the top to take the things off them . ’ |
| 3 | Several hotel and leisure groups are already beginning to diversify into this field : they are aiming at the top and more lucrative end of the market , charging fees well above the DSS limits . |
| 4 | My brother and I would imagine all manner of things to be lurking at the top , from demons ' castles to wizards and fairies . |
| 5 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 6 | And then I was late , when I got round there I thought well she 'll at least be waiting at the top of the drive , if not at the top of the road . |
| 7 | And thus it was , that February evening , that she came to be standing at the top of the monumental sweep of the staircase , under the huge doorway , pausing for a moment , offering tribute to herself and all her gods . |
| 8 | Gomer would be standing at the top of the steps , lounging against the porch pillars ; an ogre with his two-tailed knotted whip . |
| 9 | For the past hour we had been standing at the top of a Norfolk heath in swirling snow . |
| 10 | They were disturbing at the top . |
| 11 | One by one they are screaming at the top of their voices , like naughty adolescent vixens . |
| 12 | So if it is happening at club level you can guarantee it is happening at the top . |
| 13 | She 's yelling at the top of her voice . |
| 14 | He is sitting at the top of the stairs , sobbing . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | At a thanksgiving service her second in command was writing at the top of the steps for one of the leaders to arrive . |
| 17 | Meg was squatting at the top of the stairs , her hands clutching the third and fourth struts tightly , her eyes wide , filled with fright . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A rat was sitting at the top of the companion . |
| 20 | Hawkins was standing at the top where he 'd climbed from the ladder and was gazing nonplussed at the strange scarecrow on the floor . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Outside , Green was standing at the top of the steps smoking a cigarette . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 25 | Victoria was standing at the top of the stairs hanging on to the banister . |
| 26 | Suddenly , he was standing at the top of the staircase , apparently on his way to his bedroom . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | At one point , he was screaming at the top of his voice ; he also relived his own birth , met his fears of homosexuality and had the most terrifying fright ‘ that my prick was going to be cut off ’ . |