Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at the edge [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before tearing myself away , I stopped at the edge of the market beside the asparagus-seller . |
| 2 | After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns . |
| 3 | I clutched at the edge of the desk . |
| 4 | I stood at the edge of a circle of standing stones , each eight to ten foot high , with a massive central stone which leaned at a perilous angle . |
| 5 | She stopped at the edge of a muddied pool lapping all the way across a back lane then leapt across to the other side . |
| 6 | When she arrived at the edge of the covert , she made her way cautiously along its downhill fringes . |
| 7 | The sensation augmented in roaring octaves of bitter power until she hung at the edge of being where something — some eternal truth — hung clear and untouchable as the luscious stars . |
| 8 | She squatted at the edge of the dug soil , experiencing pleasure in her own body 's supple movement and the warmth of the sun on her skin , and looked along the rows of plants . |
| 9 | She sat at the edge of the cockpit , curled her legs into the warm shelter of the jacket , then hunched down into the thick collar so that all I could see of her face was her enormous , moon-silvered and lemur-like eyes beneath the pale gleam of her short bright hair . |
| 10 | Something moved at the edge of his vision , in the furthest , darkest corner of the dungeon . |
| 11 | In that short interval we managed to grab a couple of milk crates and a door that we found at the edge of a building site . |
| 12 | They stopped at the edge of the sisal fields , turning to look back . |
| 13 | ‘ This is very good , ’ he said , as they stopped at the edge of the bare earth . |
| 14 | Eighteen days out of Edinburgh , they perched at the edge of the Hebrides . |
| 15 | They arrived at the edge of the trees just in time to see Angel One advance to stand over the sprawled figure of Brett Grant . |
| 16 | Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time . |
| 17 | They sat at the edge of the patio where vines trailed a dusky scent . |
| 18 | A quiet woman in a large white apron brought them cold white wine in a red earthenware jug , and they sat at the edge of the patio looking out at the rows of vines , of lemon trees , tomatoes and capsicums that straggled down the hillside , shaded in places by tall cypresses and stunted white-trunked olive trees . |
| 19 | He found at the edge of his consciousness the wish that he was just going to his own flat to crash out rather than back to share Catherine 's warm bed . |
| 20 | A few yards further on he stopped at the edge of a grove of trees . |
| 21 | Even when he was not thinking about it , it nagged at the edge of his awareness . |
| 22 | He clawed at the edge of the closing door , but the butt of a lance shoved hard under his ribs heaved him back gasping into the room , and the door closed on his convulsed face . |
| 23 | They continued their walk , rousing the surly porter from where he crouched at the edge of the track , chewing a piece of fresh grass . |
| 24 | Sharpe had no watch , but he estimated that he stayed at the edge of the wood for two hours during which time he counted twenty-two guns and forty-eight supply wagons . |
| 25 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
| 26 | He stood at the edge of the slope , looking down the line of his cordon and into the turgid water . |
| 27 | He stood at the edge of the bed , looking down at her . |