Example sentences of "top of the [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , tell you what he does , he gets his back legs up on top of the wall and he does it on top . |
| 2 | To ensure that all the pleats lie at one level when the blind is raised , the top pleat section should be slightly deeper than those below it in order to cover the front of the batten and to allow for the depth of lath and rings which accumulate at the top of the blind when it is raised . |
| 3 | I saw a group last year that had a re-release go top ten ; they appeared on Top Of The Pops and they looked so old and so wrong . |
| 4 | We asked you to tell us why your dad was Top of the Pops and you kept those letters pouring in . |
| 5 | We asked you to tell us why your dad was Top of the Pops and you kept those letters pouring in . |
| 6 | That 's another ten grand fifteen grand I 'll sit up on top of the bonfire until it gets hot |
| 7 | He was so tall that his steel helmet grated gently against the top of the door when he came in . |
| 8 | Frankie backed away as the animal 's snarling head and powerful front legs hooked themselves over the top of the gate and her back legs struggled for a foot-hold on the curves of wrought iron . |
| 9 | If you are satisfied that you have spirited away all possible clutter and still do not have adequate preparation space you could cover a sink with a portable chopping board , or turn a drawer into an extra work surface by fitting runners to a block of wood the same width as the drawer , so that it will glide in and out of the unit , resting on the top of the drawer when it is pulled out . |
| 10 | Christmas in a wild Welsh valley with the stars shining on top of the mountains and everyone singing and singing , the way they all sang in Wales ; so beautifully , natural as birds ! |
| 11 | IBM said that the cost of the actions will be approximately $2,100m net , on top of the $2,100m that it will take to cover the cost of the voluntary redundancies , the $4,200m total to be offset by adoption of Financial Accounting Standard 109(a) , which will allow the company to write back to the profit and loss account about $1,900m in money set aside for deferred taxes . |
| 12 | And in such situations it is usually the unpaid office holders who stand at the top of the hierarchy and who give orders to their wage-earning staff |
| 13 | If there is a life hereafter , then surely we will find Fred Daly strolling down an Elysian Fairway , whistling in his own inimitable style , his gallery enthralled by the perceptible body sway on the backswing before launching a colossal drive from the tee , enchanted by the purity of his iron play and driven to distraction by precisely 32 lifts of the putter blade from the back to the top of the ball before he sends it with authority into the cup . |
| 14 | It may affect the top of the scale but it 's certainly not most of it Yeah , when it becomes desperate , ok ? |
| 15 | She left it to settle on top of the stove while she warmed up some bread sauce and crisps . |
| 16 | The bottom turn should be sharp enough to bring you back up to the top of the wave whereupon you perform what is known as a ‘ cut-back ’ in which you use all your weight on the windward rail to violently turn the board back down the slope of the wave . |
| 17 | Look to your left and climb to the top of the tree that you see |
| 18 | You have blue bits and you have yellow bits and it 's going to be much easier for you to put them together one on top of the other so you have a blue and yellow syllabus . |
| 19 | No , whoops , I might have put one on top of the other when it should have been the other way round , so always have this check , er does the answer look , I mean , no , you ca n't always tell , but sometimes you can , sometimes you can think well those two are about the same price per gram , are n't they ? |
| 20 | Now these represent , and this list is sent back to us and retained on the with the contract and all the details of this assignment for when it comes to the top of the pile as it were . |
| 21 | She was almost on top of the river before she realised that this was where the path was leading , and here she found another seat from which she could see a boat or two plaiting lazy fans of rippling wake through the smooth water . |
| 22 | Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out . |
| 23 | You sprinkle chocolate on top of the milk when it 's in the cups . |
| 24 | Now I 'm going to help you with it and what I suggest we do this morning when I give you these sheets will you please write your name and today 's date at the top of the sheet and I put the date on the board , and then can you please resist the temptation to start , start writing over the rest of the sheet until I 've gone through it with you . |
| 25 | Nigel was sufficiently worried about my feeble attempts towards the top of the ascent that he got below me each time I had to turn and pushed me forward into the slope . |
| 26 | Sir Adrian cites the example of the army commander who leads his troops over the top of the trenches when it might have been more prudent to stay put . |
| 27 | There was one girl there today , she was about fifteen or seventeen and she had to put her coat on over the top of the gown because it was |
| 28 | Smoke was rising from the top of the tower when we fell into the round kitchen exhausted . |
| 29 | The men had disappeared from the top of the scaffolding when she emerged into the street again . |
| 30 | A shilling there or something , used to leave it on the top of the dustbin when she |