Example sentences of "close to the edge " in BNC.
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| 1 | My original design featured an ovolo and round moulding adding detail and delicacy to the edge , but this table was to have a tablecloth in use , and there was a fear that anything placed too close to the edge might tumble . |
| 2 | We used the tongue in its lower reaches , where it licked land close to the edge of the Skaftafell site . |
| 3 | He turned left , walked close to the edge of the building . |
| 4 | These straps can be made of thick tape , sewn through and on either side of the sail with a curtain ring or similar kite ring ( the ‘ D ’ rings are ideal ) held fairly close to the edge of the kite . |
| 5 | You are being seduced by your Ego 's love of melodrama and , since it can feel thrilling to dice with death , you might be tempted to walk rather too close to the edge of the cliff . |
| 6 | It came again as James slipstreamed Jody at the chicane , ever so close to the edge of real peril , and pulled away from the start line . |
| 7 | Hassan and the Omanis put their shoulders against the tail-board , Hassan cursing as he moved too close to the edge of the pit . |
| 8 | CLOSE TO THE EDGE : The pair get physical as emotions run high in the heat |
| 9 | At first they doubtless kept close to the edge of the water , but wherever there was moss there was both moisture and vegetable debris and spores to eat . |
| 10 | The church is built close to the edge of the bluff , which falls an overgrown eighty or ninety feet down into the wide bed of the gave or river ; and the view up or downstream is dignified further by the curtain wall of the medieval Tour Monréal , that stands at one corner of the small square in front of the church . |
| 11 | Pascoe looked round hopelessly for a pen and paper , then memorized the information Thomas gave him — a room number and an address close to the edge of Zone Two . |
| 12 | Just above the spot where Carey had stood to fish was a spread of broom , so close to the edge that it seemed to be rooted in granite . |
| 13 | Twice I ran perilously close to the edge , my eyes dazzled and eyelids drooping . |
| 14 | Close to the edge . |
| 15 | Look in particular at putting a ball up a bank if the pin is positioned close to the edge of the green . |
| 16 | Or perhaps she just did n't realise how close to the edge he really was … |
| 17 | The greatest ocean depths are achieved in oceanic trenches which are to be found both along some continental margins , notably western South America ( Fig. 2.6 ) , and in association with island arcs which are usually located close to the edges of continents . |
| 18 | The convection divides into a series of layers ; nearly all the variation of each quantity occurs close to the edges of the layers . |