Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] on [art] verge " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | RESTAURANT group Simpsons of Cornhill was on the verge today of being swallowed up by holiday and printing company Baldwin in a deal worth £1.7m . |
| 3 | By the end of the 1940s , Spain was on the verge of a major economic crisis , because the country 's infrastructure was incapable of sustaining the programme of self-sufficiency adopted for political reasons in 1939 . |
| 4 | The deceased 's solicitor , Eustace Tolby , attested that Newley was on the verge of instituting divorce proceedings against his wife . |
| 5 | CHART star Anita Dels was on the verge of quitting her high-flying pop career after a nervous breakdown . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When he was looking to expand into Scotland , Britain was on the verge of joining the Common Market , a move Conran , a staunch European at the time , embraced with great enthusiasm . |
| 8 | It was the speed at which the decline occurred which led to wild suggestions that Britain was on the verge of a race suicide . |
| 9 | Britain was on the verge of restoring diplomatic relations , albeit only partially , with Iran . |
| 10 | Lizzy was on the verge of hysteria . |
| 11 | Just a fortnight ago , 23-year-old Jemson was on the verge of re-joining Forest in a £1million-plus swap deal which would have taken Kingsley Black to Hillsborough . |
| 12 | When Oscar found him , Mr Jones was on the verge of dying from hypothermia . |
| 13 | He and his wife Brooke Hayward were on the verge of divorce — they finally split up in 1969 . |
| 14 | Standing in the Platz in her elegant coat and furs Erika was on the verge of tears : first the books were thrown on to the flames and then , in a terrible and inevitable sequence , human beings were put into the incinerators . |
| 15 | Its contents and tone led him to suspect that Diana was on the verge of quitting The Firm . |
| 16 | Ferris was on the verge of signing for Linfield last season but has decided now to pledge his immediate future to the Lurgan club , who are expected to announced a major kit sponsorship shortly . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Hoffman was on the verge of international fame and $200,000 a picture after The Graduate . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Gallacher was on the verge of being deported and the team returned to England to face a full enquiry at the English FA Headquarters in Lancaster Gate . |
| 21 | Right now the real Obispal was on the verge of departing from Stalinvast with a flourish of trumpets and hallelujahs . |