Example sentences of "himself on the edge " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt himself on the edge of hysterical laughter and fought to gain control . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Cowley , seating himself on the edge of the desk . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Wycliffe perched himself on the edge of the table . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 7 | Benedict laid his burden gently on the bed , and sat down himself on the edge of it . |
| 8 | He perched himself on the edge of the gunwale and took the two ends of the rope in his hands . |