Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] on the edge " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the wonderful natural natural story-teller in Walker breaks through the marshmallow and has us on the edge of the chair , but finally and lamentably this is a failure . |
| 2 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |
| 3 | and put it on the edge of the table , what 's going to happen ? |
| 4 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 5 | Rapidly clearing away some bric-à-brac — a fan , a mandolin , a rusty bird cage — from a velvet throne , she invited Ruth to sit down , and settled herself on the edge of a dress-basket . |
| 6 | She blindfolded him with her sopping knickers , and balanced herself on the edge of the table . |
| 7 | Mrs Blakey was already bustling about , taking butter from the fridge and putting it on the edge of the Aga to soften , taking a sliced loaf from the bread-bin . |
| 8 | She kissed her father and left him on the edge of his seat . |
| 9 | She guided him to an armchair and sat herself on the edge of a Victorian sofa . |