Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the edge " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire .
2	I walked round the walled field and found myself at the edge of a tinkers ' camp .
3	‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’
4	In winter the chestnut-seller installed himself at the edge of the market .
5	Wycliffe perched himself on the edge of the table .
6	He perched himself on the edge of the gunwale and took the two ends of the rope in his hands .
7	Charlie came over , hitched himself half-onto the edge of the makeup table , and looked down on her .
8	Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed .
9	Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed .
10	Ronni turned to scowl at him as , with the easy grace of a pole vaulter , he swung himself over the edge of the boat .
11	Then she seated herself on the edge of the bed and , breathing deeply , raised the phone up to her ear .
12	During a horse show he positioned himself at the edge of the arena .
13	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 .
14	He felt himself on the edge of hysterical laughter and fought to gain control .
15	She blindfolded him with her sopping knickers , and balanced herself on the edge of the table .
16	He launched himself over the edge , going into free-fall , his feet still planted on his board .
17	Then between us we carried her to the river and rolled her in and Nour washed himself at the edge of the crocodile pool .
18	She guided him to an armchair and sat herself on the edge of a Victorian sofa .

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