Example sentences of "[pers pn] to the edge of " in BNC.
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1 | After some tricky aid above the pegs , a section of typically marvellous free climbing , on pockets and depressions with target features reasonably near at hand , took me to the edge of the abyss — a blank wall with a piece of tat weaving , taunting , 40 feet above . |
2 | I 'm eight and a half years old and disgusted that my mother has to come with me to see A Hard Day 's Night when usually she just sees me to the edge of the estate and across the main road . |
3 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
4 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
5 | Then they dragged them to the edge of the platform and threw them on the track . |
6 | A couple of wins would take them to the edge of the promotion race . |
7 | In the 17 hours they were missing after losing their way , they trudged the forest to keep up their body heat until they eventually reached a path with white arrows which led them to the edge of the forest . |
8 | The path had led him to the edge of a cliff ! |
9 | The sound of merriment emanating from the hall jangled her nerves , the sight of the courting couples pressed against the wall was enough to bring her to the edge of tears again . |
10 | He stood up and walked beside her to the edge of the wood where his horse was tethered . |
11 | At times the loneliness of her position has brought her to the edge of despair , so much so that she has made a number of suicide attempts , some more half-hearted than others . |
12 | Her mother went with her to the edge of the village . |
13 | Exploring that path would take her to the edge of a precipice over which she did not wish to step . |
14 | Towering mossy oaks led her to the edge of the wood , and soon she could smell the smoke of a fire , and sense the open field ahead . |
15 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
16 | Watt 's Nine Men ( 1943 ) depicts a group of soldiers making their last stand in a desert hut , which has a dramatic intensity that pushes it to the edge of documentary fiction . |
17 | The bream pick up a bait by simply sucking it to the edge of their lips , and then move away from the main shoal to consume it . |
18 | Watch how they move right up to a certain morsel and pick it up with their lips , or how they move no closer than several inches to another and then draw it to the edge of their lips with a mighty suck . |
19 | Masklin pushed aside a drift of greenstuff , grabbed the sandwich , hauled it to the edge of the tray and pushed it down on to the floor . |
20 | I put the small boat on my shoulders and carried it to the edge of the water , then I put it in the sea . |
21 | ‘ The guides claimed to have taken us to the edge of the Sahara but when I looked on a map it was the Atlas mountains , the bastards . ’ |
22 | Fardine took us to the edge of his terrace , where his own pigeons were kept in a large coop . |
23 | It is a journey of comprehension , taking us to the edge of space , time , and understanding . |
24 | The universe , in fact , is expanding ( although that 's another talk really ) and for the present purpose the important thing is that they 're moving away at a speed which increases with their distance and so if we can measure the speed that they 're moving away from us , then we can find their distance , and that takes us to the edge of the universe . |