Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the main [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been waiting on Dreadnought to watch the water coming in through the main leak . |
| 2 | She turned as two uniformed policemen came in through the main entrance . |
| 3 | After all the years in which we pressed British Rail to open the station and the bus company to allow buses to come down into Portlethen village , when the station was reopened , the bus companies suddenly decided that buses would come down off the main road and start a service to compete with British Rail . |
| 4 | Besides that , it leads down through the main generator rooms below . |
| 5 | But they stayed the longest in Baldersdale , apart from me of course , and eventually retired down to Hunderthwaite , down near the main road . |
| 6 | It was virtually a hundred-and-eighty-degree turn and very sharp , the culvert blocked with stone and the remains of a small tree , so that the full volume of the water coming down the gully was swirling across the track to disappear over the edge , thundering down into the main gorge of the Jequetepeque . |
| 7 | Along with the main cargo , however , Small Gains had shipped a quantity of tiles . |
| 8 | Reproaching herself for not having unlocked it when she had come in from the main door , she rose quickly and went to open up . |
| 9 | Before Chas could reply , Ace burst in from the main access corridor . |
| 10 | Take them I mean along the main road , he had taken the the the trees at the back of them and they had no shelter and they were down in the main road . |
| 11 | Cardiff looked over to where the other two strangers were laying their metal suitcases carefully down in the main reception area under the watchful eye of Pearce 's men . |
| 12 | We carried on for a few more yards , then retraced our steps down to the main level and back out into the sunshine . |
| 13 | From here , farm roads and lanes give an easy passage down to the main road and the Hill Inn . |
| 14 | The Land Rover came down to the main road between Lochgilphead and Lochgair . |
| 15 | So I 'm just , I 'll walk down , how far is it from here down to the main road along the road ? |
| 16 | He knew the feel of every cold stone step on the wide staircase leading down to the main hall . |
| 17 | Corbett nodded and followed both the envoy and his strange companion out of the room and down to the main hall of the castle . |
| 18 | I take a look in the file as I make my way down to the main entrance . |
| 19 | Blake then went up to the second floor of the block and along to the main window . |
| 20 | Maclean opens his account in Madrid against local player Alberto Codina a week today , while for Donaldson , who reached the semi-finals of the Danish Open last month , the Guernsey event at the end of next month marks another breakthrough in that it is the first time she has gone straight in to the main draw for a Grade A tournament . |
| 21 | So you would like come in to the main entrance and then |
| 22 | We were down at the main road . |
| 23 | It 's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door . |
| 24 | therefore it is quite important to grasp at this stage that moving the lace carriage to transfer stitches is only setting up the pattern of holes that will next be knitted in by the main carriage . |
| 25 | She watched him ride on , past the lilacs , past the green door and on towards the main gate to the farmyard . |
| 26 | Joe demanded , remembering the last time that she 'd dumped him into trouble in a Chinese restaurant , but the chef said something angry and then ignored him and so Joe pushed on past and shouldered his way through into the main part of the premises . |
| 27 | The squad , which will benefit from fitness and training programmes set up by recently appointed British Athletics Olympic National Coach , Frank Dick , is to be coached by former British No. 6 Teresa Catlin , and is seen as being a vehicle that will give youngsters the opportunity to feed through into the Main squad . |
| 28 | A burly serjeant-of-arms stopped them , asked their business , and grudgingly let them through into the main courtyard where they were halted by a steward who took them up into the main hall . |
| 29 | Forester checked the drawers and cupboards before he moved through into the main room . |
| 30 | Leaving her safely tethered , he walked over toward the main door . |