Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] the edge " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blood slowly coagulated round the edges of the gash . |
| 2 | That is why the hon. Gentleman timidly teetered round the edge of this at the outset , saying that of course there may in some circumstances be benefits . |
| 3 | Starting to feel a little frazzled round the edges , she went and had a bath , donned a nightdress and cotton wrap , and brushed out her hair . |
| 4 | The disintegration of the USSR caused so many new problems in the food and financial spheres that the economy of Russia soon teetered on the edge of catastrophe . |
| 5 | In response to his instructions , the maid pulled up a chair for the little girl , and Artemis carefully sat on the edge of it , her legs still too short to reach the floor . |
| 6 | For a little while I was afraid I was going to land in the middle of a town , but I mercifully drifted to the edge of this . |
| 7 | I goofishly hovered at the edges of her very own unique drama . |
| 8 | She wanted to bike along the road for a swim but after she finished dressing she simply sat on the edge of the bath and looked out of the window . |
| 9 | He was not vain , but he was quietly proud of his literary achievements and that pride sometimes showed at the edges . |
| 10 | I put the visor down before I got out on to Gresham Street and almost walked into the edge of a glass door , but by the time I got to the Kawasaki my eyes had adjusted themselves . |
| 11 | Admittedly , in some of his loving characterisations of English life Orwell almost flew off the edge — ‘ the beer is bitterer , the coins are heavier , the grass is greener ’ — but even so , the decline of English civility under the impact of ‘ materialism ’ was not only George Orwell 's passion in the interwar years . |
| 12 | He was right , of course , she knew that , but she picked up the brandy Mick got her and downed it in one , then hovered on the edge of her seat until he gave up and walked her home . |
| 13 | He threw her a final black look and proceeded to storm past her , then paused at the edge of the path that led back through the gardens . |
| 14 | Barak scratched his stubbled chin then sat on the edge of the sofa . |
| 15 | Benstede and Corbett then sat at the edge of a table directly beneath the great dais just as a chorus of trumpets brayed . |