Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [prep] the edge " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is lovely in one respect , but by crikey you are on the edge all of the time with him . |
| 2 | Indeed , clamber up through the rhododendron bushes to one of the crests beside the Lac d'Aumar and look over , and the landscape at once turns much harder and more hostile ; you know then you are on the edge of the truly wild Pyrenees . |
| 3 | ‘ You are at the edge of the first forest , ’ Wyn-rajathuk told her ; there was something about the expression on his wounded face , the slight edginess of his good eye , that made Tallis suspect he was holding back . |
| 4 | ‘ When a young , innocent toddler is killed in a brutal way , then you are beyond the edge of evil , you are into the heart of darkness . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Eastern Europe can cope with two to three bad years ; we are on the edge of starvation , ’ says Do Duc Dinh , a Hanoi economist . |
| 6 | This book is particularly clever , for although we know the outcome ( de Gaulle was not assassinated ) , we are on the edge of our seats until the very last page . |
| 7 | We are on the edge of a long silence . |
| 8 | We are talking about a spectacular slide in support for Conservatism in Scotland , which has taken the Tories from the high point of being the majority party in Scotland in the mid-1950s to the point today when they are on the edge of extinction as a serious and significant force in Scotland . |