Example sentences of "i [prep] the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit . |
| 2 | It has been six weeks , almost , but the friendly hot flush fills me to the top of my head and it is beautiful . |
| 3 | But first it 's me on the top . |
| 4 | As we lifted it , it came out and banged me on the top there , and it knocked me out , knocked me out and I was going to the doctor , but what frightened them all , this was the funny thing , what frightened them all to death , was the fact that I was violently sick you see , and all was bright red you see , and well the fireman passed out , well , do you know what it was ? we had blackcurrant ! |
| 5 | Liz , the receptionist , peered at me over the top of her pink-rimmed spectacles . |
| 6 | Malc reappeared round the door , looked at me over the top of his specs and reached out and I walked towards his outstretched arms on liquid legs . |
| 7 | The registrar was regarding me over the top of his spectacles and trying not to look at his watch . |
| 8 | He drinks from his can and looks at me over the top of it . |
| 9 | My tutor was a delightful stern lady , and I remember when I had written about John 's gospel , the epistles of John , and the book of Revelation , she looked at me over the top of her spectacles and announced ‘ Young man , you have assumed that because these books have all been attributed to a man named John , that they are all by the same person , who was also an apostle . |
| 10 | I said that to him and he looked at me over the top of his glasses like that , cos he , in his office , he sits here , the door 's there , he sits here and I , I , everybody else has had the door open , I went in and shut the door and I stood behind him , I did n't stand in front of him , stood behind him so , keep |
| 11 | Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice . |
| 12 | I shall just have to play on and ride out the recession and I feel I still have three good years left in me at the top . |
| 13 | ‘ Money is my motivation , but what keeps me at the top is that I 'm petrified of losing . |
| 14 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
| 15 | Cameramen never bother me at the top of my swing . |