Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the edge " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Blood slowly coagulated round the edges of the gash . |
| 3 | Cautiously Grant peered round the edge of the open door . |
| 4 | A short , plump man in tails peered round the edge of the plants . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The pallbearers laid the coffin down in the clear space at the exact centre of the cemetery , and moved to the edges , standing amidst the grave markers like ragged vultures . |
| 7 | She peered over the edge of the bedstead and saw a cliff of bedcover stretching endlessly to the stone floor . |
| 8 | I peered over the edge . |
| 9 | Satisfied he was at least decently dressed , Seb raised his head cautiously and peered over the edge of the hollow . |
| 10 | Sitting up , she peered over the edge of the hollow alongside Seb . |
| 11 | Captain Meredith trembled on the edge of violence , then whirled round shouting : ‘ Midnight , you ugly devil , get that box back on your shoulder and take your lazy body out of this place . |
| 12 | Keeping it raised above his head , he staggered to the edge of the grassy bank and dropped the craft on to the surface of the clear water . |
| 13 | Lachlan released him , and sank on the edge of the bed . |
| 14 | The city rose at the edge of a green plain , nestling in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada , and as Mitch gasped Ana realised they had arrived . |
| 15 | Goalkeeper Andy Goram hoisted a long punt down field , McCoist headed across the edge of the box and the much-travelled striker spun onto his left foot to hammer the ball into the far corner . |
| 16 | Gulls and waders dabbled at the edge of the breakers , along strands of pale sand . |
| 17 | Shreds of rubber twisted and coiled at the edge of the highway . |
| 18 | Something moved at the edge of his vision , in the furthest , darkest corner of the dungeon . |
| 19 | Before tearing myself away , I stopped at the edge of the market beside the asparagus-seller . |
| 20 | They stopped at the edge of the sisal fields , turning to look back . |
| 21 | She stopped at the edge of a muddied pool lapping all the way across a back lane then leapt across to the other side . |
| 22 | A few yards further on he stopped at the edge of a grove of trees . |
| 23 | ‘ This is very good , ’ he said , as they stopped at the edge of the bare earth . |
| 24 | Defries knelt at the edge of the rough-hewn , irregularly-shaped hole . |
| 25 | He found at the edge of his consciousness the wish that he was just going to his own flat to crash out rather than back to share Catherine 's warm bed . |
| 26 | In that short interval we managed to grab a couple of milk crates and a door that we found at the edge of a building site . |
| 27 | His fur leggings became saturated as he paced around the edge . |
| 28 | The man with the baskets tried to kick a couple of scrawny hens out of his path and they fluttered towards the edge of the road . |
| 29 | A man with a dog strolled along the edge of a field . |
| 30 | As I drove along the edge of the lake eastwards , I was hardly conscious of the beautiful and placid scenery . |