Example sentences of "come to the edge of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he expected , his feet met blocks of stone , and he realised that he had come to the edge of the great sprawling tip of the infill . |
| 2 | It is clear that during the past twenty years developmental psychologists have come to the edge of a vast array of structural processes in the development of the mind , and an exciting era of experimental research has begun . |
| 3 | We rode like the wind and by ten o'clock had come to the edge of the forest of Zenda . |
| 4 | They came to the edge of the moors and turned down a steep track towards the beach . |
| 5 | Following a path eastwards through the heather , we came to the edge of the heath land , where silver birches had invaded the bracken . |
| 6 | Viktor came to the edge of the bed . |
| 7 | To her astonishment he came to the edge of the balcony and simply climbed across , ignoring the drop . |
| 8 | The provost came to the edge of the scaffold , unrolled a parchment and read the sentences of death . |
| 9 | He was coming to the edge of the platform . |
| 10 | Sometimes , before their numbers were made up , one or two of them would come to the edge of Steep Ridgery and look gloomily out over the sea of greenery as though wondering whether they dared set out without waiting longer . |
| 11 | When you have to get up from a settee , it will take less effort if you first come to the edge of it before attempting to stand . |
| 12 | Just keep going and going , until you eventually come to the edge of the universe . |