Example sentences of "on [prep] the main road " in BNC.

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1 I ran to the T-junction on to the main road .
2 He fell silent as he wrestled the van round a corner and on to the main road .
3 Driving with difficulty through torrential rain while thunder and lightning crashed overhead , Jack found himself in a narrow West Country lane , realising that he had missed the turning that would have brought him back on to the main road .
4 The court was told she had ignored a Give Way sign at a junction and had driven on to the main road at about 40 mph .
5 On to the main road , which runs through the island and , apart from the sheep eking out a sparse living on the dead heather , there is little moving until I come to the head of Whalfirth , a long arm of the sea which pushes in from the west until it nearly cuts the island in half .
6 But er we used to bring these tubs then down from there on to the main road where the rope , the haulage rope travelled you see ?
7 No transporting it on to the main road so they can took took it to the pit bot .
8 Carefully he began to follow it out on to the main road .
9 Besides , Adam had said it was a long detour to get back on to the main road , if this lane was cut off .
10 Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot .
11 The lorry rolled down the lane and on to the main road .
12 He slid the car into gear and edged out on to the main road , waiting until he had overtaken a pair of cyclists before replying .
13 Strange that David should be coming along at that very moment that she 'd emerged on to the main road .
14 Rachel walked out on to the main road a few minutes later feeling overwhelmed with guilt .
15 Rachel said bitterly as they shot on to the main road .
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