Example sentences of "[pron] are [prep] the verge " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUEDE , who are on the verge of signing a major recording deal with Sony , have announced details of their second single and three September dates . |
| 2 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 3 | Well , in this passage that we 've been reading , we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death . |
| 4 | ‘ I am just so relieved we are on the verge of getting a much more sensible system of payment to them after all this time . ’ |
| 5 | I think that we are on the verge of a major reorientation in language description — one that will create problems for anyone who thinks that the facts are known . |
| 6 | But he says : ‘ I honestly believe we are on the verge of the big breakthrough , promotion to the First Division and making London the headquarters of rugby league in this country . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We are on the verge of disaster , ’ a UN spokeswoman said . |
| 8 | Dr Caldwell will say : ‘ We are on the verge of a new era in land use planning . |
| 9 | At this very moment in time we are on the verge of having video telephones through which users will be able to see as well as talk to the person at the other end . |
| 10 | ‘ Now we are on the verge of Division One , and my new challenge is to reach the top with Darlington . |
| 11 | SOUTH AFRICA have been warned they are on the verge of being kicked out of world rugby again — just 24 hours before tomorrow 's historic Test at Twickenham . |
| 12 | The difficulty is that the bacteria is notorious for changing itself and every time scientists think they are on the verge of a development the bacteria becomes resistant . |