I don't understand what controls the rows that you want. Do you want the top 4 records, the top some other, unique values by some column, or something else.
Please read through this and post the table structure and desired results
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability