Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] on the edge " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |
| 2 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Cowley , seating himself on the edge of the desk . |
| 3 | He reached out and turned the lamp so that it shone onto her face , seating himself on the edge of the desk so that he could study her . |
| 4 | ‘ Joan , it will all turn out for the best — I know it will , ’ Anne assured her , seating herself on the edge of the bed . |
| 5 | Seating herself on the edge of the bed , Theda took it into hers and her fingers closed strongly about the bony ones she held . |
| 6 | Wycliffe perched himself on the edge of the table . |
| 7 | He perched himself on the edge of the gunwale and took the two ends of the rope in his hands . |
| 8 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 9 | Then she seated herself on the edge of the bed and , breathing deeply , raised the phone up to her ear . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He felt himself on the edge of hysterical laughter and fought to gain control . |
| 12 | She blindfolded him with her sopping knickers , and balanced herself on the edge of the table . |
| 13 | ‘ That Olivera office opposite , ’ said Greg , coming up to her desk , sitting himself on the edge of it , and kissing her twice — ‘ what sort of place is it ? ’ |
| 14 | Red jungle fowl , the ancestors of all our domestic chickens , sun themselves on the edge of the forest . |
| 15 | There is , in fact , virtually no area at all where rabbits can not exist — they can support themselves on the edge of suburban Britain and maintain vast colonies on the most inhospitable heathland . |
| 16 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
| 17 | Lisa sat , arranging herself on the edge of one of the chairs , the stiff posture of one who would prefer not to linger . |
| 18 | She guided him to an armchair and sat herself on the edge of a Victorian sofa . |