Example sentences of "[v-ing] to the edge of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the acrid smoke cleared , the Marines advanced , keeping to the edges of the doorway , which was not locked , the mechanism apparently having jammed . |
| 2 | Voices were suddenly raised over in the crowd and people began scattering to the edges of the area , clearing the centre and falling silent . |
| 3 | And red-faced Brucie , brought back to steady the ship , blundered for the second goal , racing to the edge of his area to punch straight to Earle who sent a superbly-judged lob back over him from 25 yards . |
| 4 | Jane dreamt she was clinging to the edge of a cliff , and her bank manager was hammering at her fingers . |
| 5 | She begins to scream and , running to the edge of the battlements , throws herself into the precipice . |
| 6 | He was coming to the edge of the platform . |
| 7 | And now that I 'm up here the problem is keeping my eyes on this page and stopping my mind from wandering and my pen from straying to the edge of the paper and doodling , something I am sure to give in to before long . |
| 8 | Phoebe relapsed into little disturbed ‘ ohs ’ rubbing her thin fingers and slithering to the edge of her chair , while Jess wondered what in the name of the Devil a syndicate was , and if a Frolic would be as jolly as it sounded . |
| 9 | Retreating to the edge of the clearing , he stood for a full five minutes , listening intently to the night sounds for anything out of place . |
| 10 | The rats on the wharf behaved strangely , creeping to the edge of the planking , and trying to cross over from dry land to the boats . |
| 11 | Level , as all docks must be , it was a soggy wasteland stretching to the edge of the river . |
| 12 | Saw off the surplus slats , working to the edge of the repositioned battens |