Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sung was kneeling on the top of the dyke , staring across at the House as the dawn broke . |
| 2 | The heads of the spears are usually slightly lozenge-sectioned , as a result of beating out the edges , and the socket , normally split on one side , was riveted to the top of the shaft . |
| 3 | Whitton almost broke the deadlock , rising to connect with a Frank Yallop cross , but his firm header was palmed over the top by Kelly . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Something inside me stretched as I walked so that at the same time I was walking on the top of those hills . |
| 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 | Hull had the better of the first half struggle with Russ Wilcox their outstanding player , unlucky when his powerful header was tipped over the top . |
| 9 | Melanie already knew I was popular with the fair sex , but when she discovered I was tipped for the top in my career as well she decided it might be a good idea to marry me . ’ |
| 10 | He was still sufficiently sane to remind me that Orvieto was perched on the top of a craggy escarpment . |
| 11 | Norweigan Jan Aage Fjortoft was climbing to the top … he scored one of the Norway goals that put paid to Poland and stamped his country 's ticket for America and the 94 world cup … |
| 12 | The method used to spin both types was the same , a short whip of string or leather about eighteen inches in length was wound around the top which was then placed upright on the ground and steadied with one finger . |
| 13 | The ‘ organ of benevolence ’ was located at the top of the forehead . |
| 14 | Millions of television viewers got their first glimpse of the band when their photograph was featured on the Top Of The Pops run-down four days later . |
| 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 | By then the sun was risen above the tops of the buildings and it was hot . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | At a thanksgiving service her second in command was writing at the top of the steps for one of the leaders to arrive . |
| 19 | Michael was looking over the top of a cliff at them and had to fall over , hanging in mid-air . |
| 20 | A deep central window was arched at the top . |
| 21 | The posts were eventually taken down and themselves burnt before the mound was built over the top and the ring ditch dug around the outside . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This was put into the canister and the centre filled with crushed shell ( from the local pet shop ) , and a square of plastic net ( from a bird 's peanut bag ) was pushed on the top to keep bits put of the pump . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ON THIS DAY : In 1843 , the 17ft statue of Lord Nelson was hauled to the top of the column in London 's Trafalgar Square . |
| 26 | Meg was squatting at the top of the stairs , her hands clutching the third and fourth struts tightly , her eyes wide , filled with fright . |
| 27 | I 'm not an expert fighter and I did n't know I was going over the top . |
| 28 | Patriotism was all very well , but she felt this was going over the top . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Smoke was rising from the top of the tower when we fell into the round kitchen exhausted . |