over the edge

Example Sentences

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Two narrowboats were left at the bottom of a trench in the canal bed and a third hanging over the edge.

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A third boat that had been left teetering over the edge of the collapse, the Pacemaker, has been winched to safety and engineers are hoping to be able to refloat it in the coming week, to allow it to be assessed at a marina.

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The boat that was left hanging over the edge has since been dragged to safety.

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A boat that was left hanging over the edge of the large hole was pulled to safety on Tuesday night.

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He said that no one was on board "the two boats that went down", adding that people on the boats "teetering over the edge" had been helped to safety by fire crews.

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