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

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1 It started around the edge of the nail I should think , and that 's where they usually go .
2 Even when he was not thinking about it , it nagged at the edge of his awareness .
3 It looked like the edge of a knife itself .
4 The rope beside Grant went taut and began to give off creaking noises of friction at the point where it disappeared over the edge of the stone coping , as it took the weight of the climbing man below .
5 It fell over the edge of the road and down into the valley .
6 A single cushion had been hurled across the room and it lay on the edge of the fireplace .
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