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