Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the edge [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |
| 2 | Charlie came over , hitched himself half-onto the edge of the makeup table , and looked down on her . |
| 3 | Ronni turned to scowl at him as , with the easy grace of a pole vaulter , he swung himself over the edge of the boat . |
| 4 | He felt himself on the edge of hysterical laughter and fought to gain control . |
| 5 | Max Gate , the house Hardy designed for himself on the edge of town , is stranded behind a new roundabout and it is difficult now to imagine him setting out from there to ride along the lanes with Kipling or H. G. Wells . |
| 6 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Cowley , seating himself on the edge of the desk . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Wycliffe perched himself on the edge of the table . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | Benedict laid his burden gently on the bed , and sat down himself on the edge of it . |
| 11 | He perched himself on the edge of the gunwale and took the two ends of the rope in his hands . |
| 12 | ‘ I am ready , ’ he announced , pulling himself to the edge of the pool and looking down at her with no expression on his face to give her any clue about his attitude . |
| 13 | The male positions himself at the edge of the nest and fires a rapid succession of water droplets one to two inches out of the water and onto the nest itself to possibly agitate the eggs for recognition purposes . |
| 14 | In winter the chestnut-seller installed himself at the edge of the market . |
| 15 | Then between us we carried her to the river and rolled her in and Nour washed himself at the edge of the crocodile pool . |
| 16 | During a horse show he positioned himself at the edge of the arena . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's damnably distracting , having you in the edge of my vision like that . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll let the brake off this chair and tip you over the edge in a minute . |
| 19 | It is a kind of debunk manquée , not the whole hog sort that keeps you on the edge of your chair waiting for yet more astounding revelations , but in a snider kind — like those Sunday supplement interviews which are dressed up as journalistic frankness , but whose real purpose is barb and innuendo . ’ |
| 20 | It takes you and deposits you at the edge of a precipice and you can watch helplessly as you dangle and your hopes for survival are sinking into the depths of despair ’ . |
| 21 | When the trellises are dry , secure them along the edge of the fondant slide using small amounts of royal icing . |
| 22 | In one at the edge of the school the floor had completely disappeared and looking down Endill could watch the sea crashing against the rocks . |
| 23 | Then she moved about a yard to her right and laid another one at the edge of the roof with the yellow head pointing outwards . |
| 24 | In one direction only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean , while in the other the valley goes back for miles and miles . |
| 25 | It was unreasonable to feel shocked by this , I thought , watching them from the edge of the terrace as they sat at our table and Richard ordered drinks : a young woman with an older man is not even a cause for surprise . |
| 26 | ‘ Joan , it will all turn out for the best — I know it will , ’ Anne assured her , seating herself on the edge of the bed . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She blindfolded him with her sopping knickers , and balanced herself on the edge of the table . |
| 29 | She guided him to an armchair and sat herself on the edge of a Victorian sofa . |
| 30 | Lisa sat , arranging herself on the edge of one of the chairs , the stiff posture of one who would prefer not to linger . |