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He put the movement of the school in top gear.

"People learn in the city, going at 30 miles per hour and never getting into top gear," he said.

With a 34-0 lead, top gear was no longer required.

It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.

It was suggested a higher top gear might have been a better solution.

I would be very concerned to face him because it is only a matter of time before he hits top gear.

Now that the car is at highway speed, why not just stay in top gear?

Top Gear, for example, appears to be shown on both possibly even at the same time.

You got three gears; takes a good arm to work top gear.

How do engineers fill in the space between the first and top gears?

Top Gear is broadcast in 170 different countries with 350 million viewers per week.

When they are too small, the idiom does not have enough room to get into top gear.

Harlow changed up once and then again into top gear.

Maybe you could all get together and watch Top Gear.

Top Gear also gave a license to include their shows and videos.

Top Gear reviewed the car in episode 9 of series 2.

It is that he never allows himself to slip into his top gear.

He changed into top gear and pushed the accelerator to the floor.

So you and Matthew can get into top gear, as of now."

It was also used during series 9 of Top Gear.

They were in top gear, but still moving slowly.

He got the machine into top gear and raced down the crown of the road.

I wonder if you'll be able to actually race on the top gear track, could prove interesting as its a figure of eight.

But what about the chances of having more women on Top Gear?

I'd like to delve a bit more into Jerry's love of top gear.

The average is 3 percent below its record high of May 13.

That is still more than 100 points short of its record high.

The drop was down from last month's record high of 3.44 billion.

The number of young people without jobs also reached a record high.

It is now off 9.6 percent since its record high in April.

The 10-year high was in 1988, with 5.8 million participants.

The index hit a record high of 2,271.11 just over a month ago.

What would you say is your biggest career high of 2011?

Shares are near to their record high for the year and could go further.

Just this week the index moved to a record high.

In dollars, the market hit a record high on Friday.

The market exchange closed today at a record high of 3,284.

The July 1 record high was 133.2 million pounds in 1964.

She reached a career high of 115 in July 2010.

He scored a record high of 43 points that night.

He tied his career high of 51 points in the same game.

In one game she scored a career high of 42 points.

Gold is still some distance from its record high in real terms.

But it is 22 percent below its record high of 5,048.62, set March 10.

He scored 30 or more points in a game 21 times and had a career high of 41.

This run pushed him to a career high of number 14 in the world.

Despite the early loss, she reached a new career high of no. 3 in the world.

Belt use reached a record high of 71 percent last year.

Never had so many new highs been hit in two years.

His previous career high was 39 points, exactly one year earlier against Chicago.