Example sentences of "be [vb pp] over the edge " in BNC.
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1 | The car , a green Morris Minor , had been toppled over the edge of a shallow depression in the wasteland , and had lurched to rest on a grassy plateau about ten feet from the ridge like a clumsy animal going to earth . |
2 | ‘ Besides , he may have been driven over the edge by her carryings-on . |
3 | Although the vast majority are hardened by their loss , others have been driven over the edge of madness . |
4 | Threats had been made to her and the children and in the end she had been driven over the edge . |
5 | These nets are about the diameter of a bicycle wheel and are attached to a rope so that they can be lowered over the edge of jetties and into deep pools . |
6 | From being able to cope just about ) with everyday life they were tipped over the edge into breakdown , from which only a few were able to re-emerge . |
7 | in the last one that she 's chained up to that big fat slug thing and they 're all being pushed over the edge of that big pit |
8 | The decline of hunting was brought about by the digging of the chalk quarries as there was always the danger of hounds being led over the edge . |
9 | Why Charles was tipped over the edge |
10 | His mother Brenda Telford , said : ‘ My lad was pushed over the edge . |
11 | A bucket of slops was thrown over the edge , I did n't enquire of the contents , followed by a five-point turn , the boat was nearly as wide as the canal ! |