Example sentences of "top of the [noun] in front " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd lifted the near edge of the door up about three inches above the top of the joist in front of him . |
| 2 | I turned the pages ; but the top of the pew in front of me , upon which I was balancing the book , was narrow and my fingers cold . |
| 3 | Then , in your own words answer the question at the top of the sheet in front of you as honestly as you can . |
| 4 | A big box of shells sat opened on top of the post in front of him ; a foot switch at the end of a long , snaking flex operated the catapult in the pit . |
| 5 | At one and the same instant the audience burst into a thundering shout ; the orchestra pealed forth the strains of the Hallelujah Chorus ; the wheels of the great Ellis engine in Machinery Hall commenced to revolve ; the electric fountains in the lagoon threw their torrents towards the sky ; a flood of water gushed from the McMonnies Lake and rolled back again into the basin ; the thunder of artillery came from the vessels in the lake ; the chimes in Manufacturers Hall and on the German building rang out a merry peal , and overhead , the flags at the top of the poles in front of the platform fell apart and revealed the gilded models of the ships in which Columbus first sailed to American shores . |