Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] the edge of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take a camera and sit on the edge of the water . |
| 2 | She tripped , and tottered at the edge of the kerb . |
| 3 | With one final corkscrew twist the path came out of the woods , flattened out and meandered along the edge of a lush expanse of green lawn . |
| 4 | She takes from the bottom of her wardrobe a pair of calf-length fashion boots in dark brown leather and sits on the edge of the bed to pull them on . ) |
| 5 | ( Max gets up and sits on the edge of his bed and smokes a pipe . |
| 6 | Decorative angle brackets stamped or cut from thin sheet-iron and spaced along the edge of the lid at intervals of about six inches completed the furniture . |
| 7 | She got up , came across the room and perched on the edge of his chair . |
| 8 | He cast around for a chair , shoved some papers aside with a foot and perched on the edge of an armchair . |
| 9 | Feeling nervous , she clasped her trembling hands together and perched on the edge of the couch , her eyes fixed on the doorway . |
| 10 | She sidled cautiously towards the equipment , and perched on the edge of a deep mahogany box . |
| 11 | The jeep continued to bounce and surge along the rutted , forlorn track that led , Robyn prayed , to the barn and to help , for several more minutes , while she gripped the wheel and perched on the edge of her seat , peering through the rain for any signs of civilisation . |
| 12 | She set the coffee down on the little table and perched on the edge of the bed . |
| 13 | Hugh , who had been reading about the dangers of having a smoker as a cohabitee , waved his handkerchief through the air and moved to the edge of the terrace . |
| 14 | Starting from the clubhouse on the first day and walking along the edge of the wood we came to a piece of natural grassland studded with patches of purpose tufted vetch and orchids growing among the unmown grass . |
| 15 | Satisfied he was at least decently dressed , Seb raised his head cautiously and peered over the edge of the hollow . |
| 16 | Shreds of rubber twisted and coiled at the edge of the highway . |
| 17 | The radial shields are large and contiguous or nearly so in spinea while they are quite small , usually separated and confined to the edge of the disk in hamula. 3 . |
| 18 | I left Werewolf with a withering look and headed for the edge of the road , cutting back deeper into the trees so I could n't be seen from the farmhouse when I reached the fenced-off field . |
| 19 | Lachlan released him , and sank on the edge of the bed . |
| 20 | The hunk of bread was knocked out of his hand and dropped on the edge of the hearth-stone . |
| 21 | You pull the chain down really low and pee on the edge of them . |
| 22 | Dyson swung left into a main road , looking over his shoulder to watch out for traffic from the right , and drove over the edge of the kerb . |
| 23 | The Prosecution alleges that it was here , on a night in November two years ago that Pauline Leyshon and her boyfriend Ivor Stokle were bundled into a car which was then set alight and pushed over the edge of the hill . |
| 24 | And crawled over the edge of the dish and slid down into the mushy stuff . |
| 25 | Please do n't side-track me , ’ she said with brisk coolness , glancing down at the notebook in her hand , chewing the end of her pen , and perching on the edge of the desk . |
| 26 | ‘ You 've never implored in your life , ’ Ruth murmured , resting her wet head on his shirt for a second before pulling away and perching on the edge of the lounger . |
| 27 | She buttoned up , put on her shorts , slung her bag over her shoulder and walked to the edge of the sea , then back again . |
| 28 | After a couple of minutes he gave up the attempt , left the tool box by the cottage wall and walked to the edge of the cliff then slithered down to the beach . |
| 29 | There was a balcony outside ; I climbed over the low sill and walked to the edge of it . |
| 30 | I came out to get myself a drink and stepped on the edge of the bar of the block , taking a big chunk of skin out of my foot . |