Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the edge of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bronze sheeting was held to the cap , cheek-pieces , neckguard and mask by fluted strips of bronze riveted through the edges of the foil to the cap of the helmet . |
| 2 | Walling may have one or two faces , so a one-face finish may not be suitable for using as the edge of a tread instead of a paving slab , but would be for use underneath the slab . |
| 3 | In all my travels , I have not managed to fall off the edge of the world . |
| 4 | News on Sunday ended up with the worst of both worlds — a paper with metropolitan Right-On concerns , produced in a city that had fallen off the edge of the Right-On world . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Seaweeds , which are multicellular algae , and submerged flowering plants such as the eelgrass Zostera , grow near the edges of the sea . |
| 7 | Let alone to stand near the edge of a cliff . |
| 8 | It 's also as well not to stand under the edge of overhanging buildings . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | His black hair curled under the edge of his helmet and fell to his eyes , and there was a gap between his teeth . |
| 11 | A similar scumble of white was applied to the heel of one shoe where it too was curved and , for good measure , a few coloured highlights were added along the edges of the strap loops , where the leather 's surface was uneven . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Blood slowly coagulated round the edges of the gash . |
| 14 | Then Hughes , for so long dogged by the determined attentions of marker Guennady Fillimonov , suddenly shook himself into space before blasting from the edge of the box but Podshivalov reacted superbly . |
| 15 | Cautiously Grant peered round the edge of the open door . |
| 16 | A short , plump man in tails peered round the edge of the plants . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | An image flitted into her mind : she saw herself plunge over the edge of that black pit and tumble helplessly through the dark . |
| 19 | We er teeter on the edge of er a crisis virtually at the end of every day and if action is , and strong action is not taken very very quickly , er we have no doubt whatsoever , that the already serious level of , of er incidents within the prison system will escalate totally out of control . |
| 20 | This comfortable pension is located on the edge of the village , but only five minutes from all the facilities in the resort centre . |
| 21 | BY NOW a small museum will have been open a couple of months , located on the edge of the airport at Port Elizabeth on the eastern side of the Republic of South African Air Force Museum ( of which more in the December FlyPast ) , acting as a regional ‘ draw ’ for aviation enthusiasts of all ilks in a land that is very air-minded . |
| 22 | Since the western part of the Sunda Arc is located on the edge of a block of continental crust ( at present largely below sea level ) it is a continental-margin island arc rather than an intra-oceanic island arc . |
| 23 | She grows new plants from seed , training things like osteospermum to tumble over the edges of the huge brick tubs built by Peter . |
| 24 | She peered over the edge of the bedstead and saw a cliff of bedcover stretching endlessly to the stone floor . |
| 25 | Satisfied he was at least decently dressed , Seb raised his head cautiously and peered over the edge of the hollow . |
| 26 | Sitting up , she peered over the edge of the hollow alongside Seb . |
| 27 | McCoist 's header fell invitingly to Hateley , who was lurking on the edge of the Leeds penalty area . |
| 28 | Bosnia-Hercegovina stands on the edge of an abyss . |
| 29 | THE LACE HALL stands on the edge of the lace market , once the hub of the industry . |
| 30 | The Combe , sometimes called Dent Scar , stands on the edge of the Dent Fault and its massive bowed wall of Silurian stone is dotted with thorns and cut by gullies . |