Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [was/were] [prep] [art] verge " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deceased 's solicitor , Eustace Tolby , attested that Newley was on the verge of instituting divorce proceedings against his wife . |
| 2 | It was the speed at which the decline occurred which led to wild suggestions that Britain was on the verge of a race suicide . |
| 3 | A rumour that Oxford were on the verge of takeover 3 weeks ago came to nothing , while Richard Branson and the boxing promoter Frank Warren have both denied they 're ready to buy . |
| 4 | Its contents and tone led him to suspect that Diana was on the verge of quitting The Firm . |
| 5 | On June 10 , 1990 , the right-wing Confederation for an Independent Poland ( KPN ) ended a two-day annual conference with a warning that Poland was on the verge of a major social explosion as a result of economic reform . |
| 6 | The earlier period had aroused many expectations that America was on the verge of a social cinema , but , as the social-problem films of the post-1933 period came along , critics were to be uneasy about many of their characteristics . |
| 7 | And I would have lost the chance to sail across the Pacific with Ellen , because Ellen was on the verge of agreeing to come with me , and if I had not yielded to the policeman 's blackmail I would have lost Ellen as well as my boat . |
| 8 | Er we 're limited with people and while Brian was in the verge of moving it which the electrics all had to be took out and rerun , he got called away , down to the pre-packs to a breakdown so obviously it did n't get done , the job stopped cos there 's nobody else . |