Example sentences of "down to the edge of " in BNC.

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1 It was a very long journey right across the Atlas mountains and down to the edge of the desert .
2 Unimpressed , I went down to the edge of the fjord to find somewhere to camp .
3 Still holding the note-book , he crawled out of the hide and made his way down to the edge of the bigger of the two pools .
4 There is a huge sign here below the Allt Coire Giubhsachan , a steep , slabby waterfall cascading down to the edge of the car park , that yells , ‘ WARNING !
5 Crunching over the ridges of stones , he went down to the edge of the sea and almost violently wrenched off his shoes .
6 The building commands a good view over sloping grounds down to the edge of the lake , where there is a boat house and private mooring .
7 Eventually , when the eggs are about to hatch , he hops down to the edge of the pool and dips his legs with their burden of eggs into the water .
8 To the south and west a secure boundary was provided by the sheer cliffs and jagged rocks of St Saviour 's Point , while running right down to the edge of the cliffs and enclosing the whole of the rest of the property was a high stone wall built two centuries before by Edmund Roscarrock , the founder of the family line .
9 I put the blade of the knife against her neck again and look down to the edge of the mattress .
10 But it made sense at least to stretch my cramped legs , so I strolled down to the edge of the lake and lit a cigarette .
11 The birds on Fardine 's shoulders manoeuvred their way down to the edge of the can where they sat on its rim , greedily pecking at the grains .
12 Mrs Goreng walked right into the German 's trap — he 'd wanted to pay her back — when he 'd asked her as they walked down to the edge of the beach for a post-picnic swim , ‘ And are the people religious ? ’
13 Oliver walked away from the plant and followed the pipe-line down to the edge of the water .
14 The forest itself ran right down to the edge of the quickly flowing water .
15 And he took off his glasses , tucking them into the pile of clothes , and ran down to the edge of the water .
16 Berazi carried the ball down to the edge of the box , then slipped a delightful ball through to Clark who made no mistake crashing home his eighteenth goal of the season .
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