Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] verge " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 2 | Then , realising she was on the verge of helpless tears , she made a valiant effort to pull herself together . |
| 3 | As the news of Diana 's snubs emerged , Royal author Andrew Morton claimed she was on the verge of leaving the Royal Family . |
| 4 | JH : Moving on to another great love of yours , Franz Schubert ; I have always felt that he was in many ways cut short in his prime , almost as thought he was on the verge of finding himself creatively . |
| 5 | When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? " |
| 6 | The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change . |
| 7 | He felt wet grass under his cuffed hands , knew he was on the verge of a road somewhere . |
| 8 | She knew he was on the verge of losing his job . |
| 9 | Yet Atkinson revealed he was on the verge of quitting during a never-ending battle against injury last season . |
| 10 | It said she was on the verge of marriage . |
| 11 | DETAILS are expected this week of a rescue package for the Gateway supermarkets group after bankers were warned it was on the verge of collapse . |