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‘A water may have an edge.’

[⟨det water.nhave.v ⟨det edge.n⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I sit on the 16th floor in a building at the edge of the water.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And a few of West Seattle too As we walked to the docks Kim showed me patches of wild blackberries growing along the water’s edge!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Biden, in May had a humorous sound byte about Bush breaking an age old foreign policy principle:’ ’ foreign policy stops at the water’s edge.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The lot is L shaped and stretches along behind the neighbour property, offering you enough room for a gazebo or dock at the water’s edge.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Because he’s not sure how close she’s gotten to the water’s edge yet.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Taking a long swallow of beer, Duo smiled against the bottle as he watched Heero standing on the edge of the water.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He led them between some rotting shacks near the water’s edge and then past a few bustling bars, where the customers looked pickled.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

When he met her the first time, she was sitting at the edge of the water, screeching, a blue watery jellyfish wrapped around her ankle.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

’ ’ he asked as they strolled through the towels to the water’s edge.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I also read that suddenly flying out from a weedy water’s edge was a characteristic of Green Herons.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Jonas’ thoughts of human bestiality subdued when he saw Seth divert rather quickly towards the water’s edge.
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In Wikipedia:

The southern Caven Point section of the park is separated from the main park by the Liberty National Golf Club and is accessiblle along the water’s edge using the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I stopped right at the edge of the water and stared at the reflecting trees and shrubs the quarter moon was rising in the sky.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Clow said, turning to return to the beach as the fires of the fertility rituals burned on at the water’s edge.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Once there, I set off through the woods or slowly stroll along the water’s edge, deep in thought or prayer.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There were lots of tourists enjoying the gorgeous day and a couple seagulls fighting over the fly mass lining every water’s edge.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I also read that suddenly flying out from a weedy water’s edge was a characteristic of Green Herons.
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In the British National Corpus:

When preparing to sail the board should be left by the edge of the water and the rig should be put in the water first.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There he was – Sasuke – sitting by the water’s edge and staring at his reflection.
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Queried on 2013-05-25.