Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie had no time to think about Bella 's story : the little queue surged forward and they found themselves inside the double doors in a short corridor leading through to the main ward . |
| 2 | She had been waiting on Dreadnought to watch the water coming in through the main leak . |
| 3 | His days in Perugia were clearly numbered , and he would spend them like the young magistrate , on a siding running parallel to the main line but going nowhere and ending abruptly . |
| 4 | Take the minor road running parallel to the main road just after the village . |
| 5 | Part of a massive structure with walls 2 m ( 61 ft ) thick was discovered at the junction of Castle and Fisher Streets ; it was flanked on the west by a possible road running parallel to the main northwest to south-east axis . |
| 6 | There is no decided case bearing directly on the main and important issue . |
| 7 | He knew the feel of every cold stone step on the wide staircase leading down to the main hall . |
| 8 | Ideally , the carpet should lie with the pile running away from the main , or only , window in the room . |
| 9 | In scores of other towns , on the other hand , the market places have been partly built over , so that one gets a broad main street , a block of buildings down one side and behind that again a narrow street running parallel to the main street . |