Example sentences of "[adv] on [prep] the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as soon as it begins to accelerate smoothly , that movement is no longer necessary , and the control should be moved to get the glider balanced nicely on to the main wheel . |
| 2 | Nowhere is this more apparent than where access to farmland is most easily accomplished and is least organized — in those rural areas which abut directly on to the main centres of the population : the so-called ‘ urban fringe ’ . |
| 3 | He turned abruptly away and Willie followed him up the lane and back on to the main street . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Besides , Adam had said it was a long detour to get back on to the main road , if this lane was cut off . |
| 6 | The friar then made his way back on to the main highway , past the Priory of St Mary Overy and across London Bridge . |
| 7 | Carefully he began to follow it out on to the main road . |
| 8 | Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Rachel walked out on to the main road a few minutes later feeling overwhelmed with guilt . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | It was perfectly possible to see how Billy could have vaulted the fence , got on to the kitchen roof via one of the barrels and from there on to the main roof and all the connecting ones down to Sunil 's house . |