Example sentences of "and [verb] on the edge of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take a camera and sit on the edge of the water . |
| 2 | 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 . ) |
| 3 | ( Max gets up and sits on the edge of his bed and smokes a pipe . |
| 4 | She got up , came across the room and perched on the edge of his chair . |
| 5 | He cast around for a chair , shoved some papers aside with a foot and perched on the edge of an armchair . |
| 6 | Feeling nervous , she clasped her trembling hands together and perched on the edge of the couch , her eyes fixed on the doorway . |
| 7 | She sidled cautiously towards the equipment , and perched on the edge of a deep mahogany box . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She set the coffee down on the little table and perched on the edge of the bed . |
| 10 | Lachlan released him , and sank on the edge of the bed . |
| 11 | The hunk of bread was knocked out of his hand and dropped on the edge of the hearth-stone . |
| 12 | You pull the chain down really low and pee on the edge of them . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Had his mother shouted and screamed on the edge of a cliff , calling her own mother a prostitute ? |
| 17 | And sitting on the edge of this stream , embraced by the mellow light , was a female creature , who could have been human or fairy or perhaps neither . |
| 18 | Then she went to look for Alice who was out of the bathroom and sitting on the edge of their bed , brushing her hair . |
| 19 | But once in the bedroom and sitting on the edge of the bed , her arm around her daughter , what could she say ? |
| 20 | The bag arced across the room , turning slowly in the air , and burst on the edge of a table . |
| 21 | He was irritated , the chief inspector decided , by her obstinacy , and hovered on the edge of asking her again . |
| 22 | He moved forward , with leopard-like grace , and stood on the edge of a rock . |
| 23 | He returned the glass , then held out both hands to the fire and rocked on the edge of the chair . |
| 24 | Manufacturers ran up their mills , factories and works on the edge of existing towns , and their workers were housed in streets of terrace-houses built rapidly on the vacant ground all around the factory . |
| 25 | She gave us parties and disapproved of me teaching : Jennifer darling , surely you can get a job in a nice private girls ' school But when I was 14 and had awful tonsillitis she brought me lemon and honey and sat on the edge of the pillow holding my damp hand . |
| 26 | In one movement el Capitan swivelled round and sat on the edge of the table , all sympathy and charm , as if there had been no smudging between the polite and the brutal : Jekyll and Hyde , the line was easily crossed . |
| 27 | Then he walked into his bedroom and sat on the edge of his bed with his head bowed while the bath filled , breathing deeply . |
| 28 | He pulled himself away and sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 29 | Isabella walked towards camera , turned and walked away and sat on the edge of a chair . |
| 30 | Then she calmed and sat on the edge of the huge bed , her respiration normalising , her pulse slowing . |