Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] on top of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marco was on top of her . |
| 2 | The huer 's job , after announcing the sighting of the shoal , was to guide his own boat to the fish , signalling East or West by removing his coat and waving it from side to side and , when the boat was on top of the shoal , by placing his coat on his telescope and holding it aloft . |
| 3 | The key was on top of the frame where the lazy agent had left it , another Yale on a big paper tag . |
| 4 | The wash bowl , jug and soap dish were on top of the wash-stand , and the chamber pot discreetly underneath . |
| 5 | The Gideon 's Bible was on top of the wardrobe . |
| 6 | This devaluation was on top of the regular 1.8 per cent monthly " crawling devaluation " in place since October 1991 . |
| 7 | If the razor was on top of the heap , he would have been cut as soon as he touched it . |
| 8 | ‘ Was I the fool who let go of the rudder when the ship was on top of the rock there ? |
| 9 | My baby brother was on top of the refrigerator on a bed of clean nappies and towels in his plastic baby bath-tub . |