Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] at [art] top " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Your mortgage is currently set at £62,500 , Dr Bissett , which is slightly excessive for the salary you command , but I do quite understand that you bought at the top of the market and that interest rates were then not at their present level . ’ |
2 | Leithen and I stopped at the top of the hill and looked down again into the little green valley . |
3 | She called again , moving out through the gate until she stood at the top of the lower garden that sloped down to the bay . |
4 | The farm workers took their seats , and she sat at the top of the table , so that she was with them , but a little apart . |
5 | He went down the stairs , and she stood at the top of them screaming . |
6 | He was too far away to hear , even if she shouted at the top of her voice . |
7 | I do n't know much about Street , but er I can say this , That on on , if you started at the top , at Road and walked down to er well just past where we are , you could buy anything . |
8 | Cos we lived at the top of the second hill , opposite erm Doctor s er house , the famous eye surgeon . |
9 | Right he then went to the pulpit and he said that he was gon na preach about Lazarus actually but he 's a quiet fellow and he shouted at the top of his voice I 'm speaking about satanic bondage ! |
10 | The tax burden under this Government rose during our first two and a half years because we inherited at the top of the business cycle a borrowing requirement of 5.5 per cent . |
11 | As I said at the top of the article , making movies — in AWI 's parlance — is so similar to making a cartoon using traditional methods that it could well be used as a training ground for animators in the traditional industry , but with a much shorter wait before the results can be seen . |
12 | He took her arm as she hesitated at the top of the steps and , as they walked along the deserted promenade , his arm slid round her . |
13 | She heard his low , troubled call , ‘ Clare ’ , as she turned at the top of the stairs . |
14 | She yelped and squealed , working her voice to a crescendo as she bawled at the top of her voice . |
15 | ‘ The front door ! ’ said Rose , mightily impressed , as they stood at the top of a flight of wide stone steps , flanked by funerary urns , which led down to the drive . |