Example sentences of "[be] on [noun sg] of the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Peaks ’ is actually to give the wrong impression , anywhere else they would be no more than hills ; but on Amantani they give a commanding view of Lake Titicaca and make you feel as if you 're on top of the world .
2 Throw the blue object onto the button , go left , fall down and cross the river on the cakes , go up on the ice cream , go right , fall down , cross the river on the cake , climb up via the platforms and lifts to the top of the map , jump onto the wall to the left , fall down one platform , stand on the lift moving left to right , collect the cocoa bean and fall down , go right , cross the first river on the cake , and the second on the platforms , when you 're on top of the wall next to the second river .
3 IT 'S a balmy day on the Cote d'Azur and you 're on top of the world , not to mention on top of your favourite redhead .
4 Mountain biking is wonderful — you 're on top of the world while you 're pedalling and even higher when you 've finished .
5 Four when they 're on top of the table it 's just a number four okay .
6 By the time we 've finished the book , bang we 're on top of the Easter holidays .
7 That way they 're saving money on a night out , they 're gon na save on er actual depot hours , where it 's like taking us sort of like ten and eleven hours , it 's only gon na take them eight , nine to do that cos they 're there , they 're on top of the job .
8 You 're on top of the pipes .
9 You 're on top of the pipes .
10 You 're on top of the pipes .
11 You 're on Top of the Pops .
12 You 're on top of the pipes .
13 He said : ‘ I 'm on top of the world .
14 She told them : ‘ I 'm on top of the world . ’
15 Rebecca ecstatically relayed the news back to base camp through her Japanese-built VHF radio , shouting : ‘ I 'm on top of the world ’ .
16 ‘ I have a position to keep up , sonny , and I do it by leaving little messages so that people know I 'm on top of the situation .
17 By subvert from within , I mean to actually be on Top Of The Pops and compromising in little bits so that they have big hit records .
18 But Javed 's men should be on top of the world
19 2 The base line of the protractor has to be on top of the bottom edge of the angle .
20 They were all grins and seemed to be on top of the world .
21 Tod and I seem to be on top of the work , and nobody has complained so far .
22 At any time you can draw one card from below any pile , that is to say it does n't have to be on top of the pile .
23 But he had been very helpful over the Puddephat business , she admitted to herself , and his moods were unpredictable — he might be on top of the world by the time he arrived at the cinema .
24 We were most anxious to keep the full informed of what 's happening and we seem to be on top of the job as it were .
25 ‘ Oh , I know she 's ill , David , please , I did n't mean that ; I know she would n't exactly be on top of the world .
26 That will be on top of the £200 million for the current year and £500 million for next announced in the last Autumn Statement .
27 It should be on top of the , erm , discard the erm , instruction sheet .
28 Yeah , well you do n't expect him to be on top of the world do you ?
29 Leith saw Naylor 's mouth firm and thought it must be on account of the anxiety that Travis was causing his mother .
30 You really feel you are on top of the world .
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