Example sentences of "[vb past] around the edge " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fur leggings became saturated as he paced around the edge . |
| 2 | Some of Jezrael 's confidence lingered around the edges of her mind : she was bigger , older , faster with the reactions of laser-dance . |
| 3 | The man screamed as the long tapering fingers and joints of a gauntlet-hand came around the edge , like the claws of a huge crab . |
| 4 | Not only that , but the way the light came around the edges and through the door would enable you to perceive clearly and in three dimensions what was happening on the other side of the door ! |
| 5 | In sweltering heat she walked around the edge of the vast parade ground pausing to chat to some of the 600 troops gathered in her honour . |
| 6 | Moving carefully , Benny stepped around the edges of the room , and opened the window shutters . |
| 7 | It came and sniffed around the edges , and gradually came all the way out . |
| 8 | I went and sniffed around the edges of the frosted glass back door : a good , clean , slightly sweet smell . |
| 9 | It started around the edge of the nail I should think , and that 's where they usually go . |
| 10 | Yet I milled around the edge of the crowd at the demonstration feeling completely detached . |
| 11 | Before Rincewind could restrain him Twoflower ran around the edge of the pit to the box , which was being dragged across the floor while its lid snapped ineffectually at the tentacle that held it . |
| 12 | The dead sat around the edge of the game and watched , knowing the secrets . |
| 13 | Three young women sat around the edges of the room ; they looked bored and a little cold in their scanty bodices . |