Example sentences of "[to-vb] top of " in BNC.

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1 Thus individuals believe it is important and desirable to come top of the class , to win a race or reach the top of their chosen profession .
2 All the other matches ended in draws but Nottinghamshire wasted an opportunity to go top of the table at Lord 's .
3 All the other matches ended in draws but Nottinghamshire wasted an opportunity to go top of the table at Lord 's .
4 I predict a REALLY HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY IN 1994 … beating scum to go top of Premier league … oh dear , I 'm starting to feel dizzy already ( must be the lack of air this high up the league table : - )
5 The incentive for Preston to win was to go top of the table … enough said in the second half Ellis ran away with it to make it three-nil …
6 The fifth heat was won by host club Stokesley with 151 points to go top of the league , Saltburn/Marske scored 137 , Redcar 118 and Eston 78 .
7 In PageMaker this is easy ( providing you remember to use Top of Caps leading ) but in Ventura and Quark it can be a bit of a problem .
8 Curran said : ‘ I 'm convinced that to finish top of the table we must win our remaining two home games with at least a victory and a draw needed in the away ties .
9 Notts County have got to finish top of the English section of group A.
10 The building group , Taylor Woodrow , has launched a joint venture with the major Japanese contractor , Mitsui Kensetsu , to develop top of the market UK residential and commercial property .
11 With the reserves winning 2-1 at Falkirk to stay top of the Premier Reserve League , it was a good day all round for Hearts , though one disappointment for chairman Wallace Mercer was that the game at Tynecastle was watched by just over 7,000 .
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