Example sentences of "his [noun] at the top " in BNC.
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1 | Pete lived with his Mum at the top of a big block of flats not far from the shops . |
2 | He was lying on the floor outside his bedroom at the top of the back stairs . |
3 | A four-wheel-drive vehicle will be an essential , of course , and my husband can leave his car at the top on the main road when snow is forecast . |
4 | As Gabriel took his seat at the top of the pageant , hidden by a wooden cloud , Garvey robed himself down below in the Mason 's wedding robe , and Izzie emerged from nowhere to mend the tear in the shoulder-seam . |
5 | He was joking , of course , and when Knightshayes was opened privately under the National Gardens Scheme he would park his wheelchair at the top of the garden and watch the visitors coming along the terrace . |
6 | Racing Editor Henry Rix consolidated his lead at the top of the national tipsters ' table with 7-1 nap Cheeky Pot , and the same horse rewarded Top Shot followers with a 14 point profit . |
7 | Faldo has increased his lead at the top of the world rankings and is now well ahead of Fred Couples and Jose Maria Olazabal . |
8 | Victory would have secured Jarryd his place at the top of the points table , a feat worth £110,000 . |
9 | But , as a two-time General Election loser — and a perceived drag on his own party 's prospects — there were few who did not concede that his career at the top of British politics was at an end . |
10 | During Austrian GP practice Simmons got the fright of his life at the top of Salzburgring 's terrifying Ostschliefe hill , where the outfits funnel through a 150mph tunnel of armco . |
11 | All the power came from the speaker 's lungs ; he addressed the mouthpiece at a distance of about one inch , and projected his message at the top of his voice . |
12 | Hopefully , like the Phoenix , Arthur will rise from the ashes of his latest misfortunes and regain his form at the top of the show-jumping tree . |
13 | Hodgkinson 's World Cup role may have been depressingly brief and , if it was far from what he wanted , the way the tournament worked out did ensure his arrival at the top of the world kicker 's table . |
14 | In the Champion Hurdle , which he won at 50-1 and in the Sandeman Hurdle at Liverpool , where at 10-1 he gave weight and a beating to some of the best hurdlers in training , Beech Road established himself as an outstanding champion , and although he did not win the Charles Heidsieck Champagne Bula Hurdle on Saturday , he confirmed his position at the top of the tree . |
15 | Greg Norman regained his position at the top of the Sony Rankings when he won the International at Castle Pines in Colorado . |
16 | At 44 Roberto de Vicenzo thought his time at the top was running out , so it was a real boost for me when he spoke to Lee Trevino . |
17 | I said to ‘ Hold his scutum at the top ’ , not ‘ Boil his scrotum in a pot ’ , silly goose ! |
18 | Inevitably , the requirements both of compromise and of secrecy meant that Citrine and his colleagues at the top backed the obscurantism of the majority of the chairmen against Melling . |