Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [be] [prep] the verge " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul was invited to give a series of public lectures at the school , and word got around that I was on the verge of retirement and Paul would be happy to take my place . |
| 2 | As Martha tried on each garment in turn , Elizabeth could see that she was on the verge of tears . |
| 3 | The grim knowledge that she was on the verge of suffocation appalled me and when she stumbled and almost fell the hand in my pocket gripped more tightly on the scalpel which I had taken from my car along with the adrenalin . |
| 4 | Joanna 's mouth opened and Sophie could see that she was on the verge of an angry retort but the situation was saved by the entry of the veterinary nurse , carrying a tray . |
| 5 | I think that we are on the verge of a major reorientation in language description — one that will create problems for anyone who thinks that the facts are known . |
| 6 | We eventually got the repairs done free of charge , despite the fact that we were on the verge of receiving a repair bill totalling £100 . |
| 7 | On one occasion , he told the guests , ‘ you might have believed that we were on the verge of adding 3,500 redundancies to the total of Scottish unemployed . |
| 8 | Gebrec stared coldly back at him and Melissa sensed that they were on the verge of a confrontation , but Bonard 's attention was diverted by the approach of the members of his class , who had begun to emerge from the house . |
| 9 | * The animal rights group , Lynx , has reported that it is on the verge of financial collapse because of the costs of defending a long-running libel action by a fur farm and a decline in contributions due to the recession in Britain . |
| 10 | Another is that of a broker/dealer department advising customer A to purchase shares in company B when the corporate finance department is acting for B and knows that it is on the verge of insolvency . |
| 11 | Returning to the example given earlier of the broker/dealer department advising customer A to purchase shares in company B when the corporate finance department is advising B and knows that it is on the verge of insolvency , the question arises as to what the firm must divulge to A in order to modify its duty of undivided loyalty to A to the extent necessary to permit it to withhold the information about B. |
| 12 | MB GROUP , the old Metal Box company , refused to confirm yesterday that it was on the verge of a £300m-plus bid for Caradon , the building products group . |
| 13 | It has emerged that the council had been compelled to discuss the future of Kent Opera at its two-day meeting at Leeds Castle in November because the company had explained that it was on the verge of closure and insolvency . |
| 14 | When Celtic equalised , bringing about a result that caused Aberdeen to lose ground in the championship race , there was that involuntary twitching movement , spreading from Aitken 's head to his toes , which signals that he is on the verge of doing someone a mischief unless he gets a satisfactory explanation in a very short space of time . |
| 15 | Equally , his brace against Manchester United in our last match of 1990–91 ( co-incidentally also his own 150th Palace appearance ) demonstrated that he was on the verge of international recognition , with the second one , struck from fully 30 yards , bringing the big crowd to its feet in salute . |
| 16 | Why was Roger Seelig told by someone giving medical advice several months after his trial began that he was on the verge of a mental breakdown , yet last week he was roaring up the M4 in his Porsche to look after his two properties ? |
| 17 | In June he gave a broad hint that he was on the verge of acting . |
| 18 | Lou Macari took charge of training at Stoke City this morning then set about dismissing claims that he was on the verge of taking over at Celtic . |
| 19 | The Cardiff centre was so disillusioned after the 63-6 thrashing by Australia in Brisbane 17 months ago that he was on the verge of walking out on his country . |