Example sentences of "a [noun sg] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement . |
| 2 | Then , to build upon that simple , flat definition of the hedge 's shape , pastel No. 199 , black , was scribbled across the same area , covering all but a strip at the top with an irregular criss-crossing scrawl . |
| 3 | small to medium here , five ninety nine , I 'll have a look at the top and see if there 's anything else , what are those ? |
| 4 | Beneath that again is a bulb at the top of the spine , the Reptilian ( or R- ) complex , governing our deepest autonomic functions . |
| 5 | We had to climb what seemed a never-ending staircase to a high platform where we took our seats in a punt at the top of a slide having water rushing down it . |
| 6 | It 's a bad time for a change at the top . ’ |
| 7 | I should be surprised if a change at the top alters a necessary reorganization which is already under way . ’ |
| 8 | It is also difficult to say whether a change at the top would affect the Direction des Musées de France at the heart of the Ministry of Culture . |
| 9 | When I was half way up an escarpment , I saw a signpost at the top , too distant to read . |
| 10 | The last pitch is easier but quite intimidating as it pulls through a roof at the top of the crag . |
| 11 | Once in the field turn left , following the hedge through a gap at the top and make for a stone stile in the top right hand corner . |
| 12 | It is widely felt that the death last year of Graham Greene left a gap at the top of the Eng Lit ladder . |
| 13 | ‘ Playing against a side at the top of their form and peak of their confidence ought to help this Welsh side now that they 're playing with commitment and determination . |
| 14 | Even when besieged by the Romans , they built a mikva at the top of a high mountain in the desert . |
| 15 | The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top . |
| 16 | Safer to close his eyes and his mind to her and give his entire concentration to the matter in hand ; a resolution to which he firmly held , even when , after a tumultuous welcome at Brighouse — the nearest railway station to Frizingley — he was escorted , with an appropriate accompaniment of banners and Chartist hymns , to a lodging-house at the top of St Jude 's street where the landlady , Mrs Sairellen Thackray , had offered to accommodate him free of charge . |
| 17 | It 's just a blue one , plain blue one with little white spots on and a bow at the top . |
| 18 | Begin each question at the top of a question at the top of a page in the answer book . |
| 19 | A core at the top of the unit averaged only 7% and 0.2 md . |
| 20 | Fix it to a convenient base to stand vertical and attach a pointer at the top to measure deflection . |
| 21 | There was a window at the top , on the landing , but outside there was only the blue jewel night . |
| 22 | Currently this competes with the Tithonian ( discussed in Chapter One ) for a place at the top of the jurassic . |
| 23 | In the past , drugs firms could rely on innovation for success : one blockbuster drug was enough to win a place at the top of the pharmaceutical league table . |
| 24 | Maxim got the film and certificates from his room , then stood for a moment at the top of the front steps , looking across the parade ground . |
| 25 | On a shelf at the top of the cupboard were piled paintings of all shapes and sizes . |
| 26 | It was a narrow wooden cupboard with a shelf at the top and a rail below . |
| 27 | The Mazowiecki election committee blamed Walesa for precipitating " a war at the top " , which had disrupted Poland 's smooth passage to democracy , but commented that the election of Tyminski would be a " tragedy " . |
| 28 | On 10 November 1921 , a new agreement was drawn up between the Company and Croydon Corporation for maintenance of track within the Borough and to permit the construction of a curve at the top of Tamworth Road , only to be used for the transfer of cars . |
| 29 | Cetaceans breathe through a blowhole at the top of their heads , enabling them to surface to take a breath while still swimming . |
| 30 | The ziggurat of Ur was originally built so that their god could step down from heaven into a room at the top of the structure , according to ancient mythology . |