Example sentences of "on to the [adj] road " in BNC.
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| 1 | She walked away from the rectory , up Once Hill and then on to the narrow road that wound , eventually , to Badstoneleigh . |
| 2 | He eased it on to the narrow road and it coughed and spluttered along . |
| 3 | Neither of them spoke as Dalgliesh negotiated the track and finally turned on to the higher road . |
| 4 | where the dropped kerb is , that takes you on to the private road . |
| 5 | Every winter the gales of Cornwall lift granite slabs off sea walls and toss them willy-nilly on to the nearest road . |
| 6 | Tom hesitated for a moment and then walked hurriedly on to the small road back towards the artist 's shop . |
| 7 | He stepped on to the busy road and dragged badly injured Scott clear of the traffic . |
| 8 | I ran to the T-junction on to the main road . |
| 9 | He fell silent as he wrestled the van round a corner and on to the main road . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | No transporting it on to the main road so they can took took it to the pit bot . |
| 15 | Carefully he began to follow it out on to the main road . |
| 16 | Besides , Adam had said it was a long detour to get back on to the main road , if this lane was cut off . |
| 17 | Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot . |
| 18 | The lorry rolled down the lane and on to the main road . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Strange that David should be coming along at that very moment that she 'd emerged on to the main road . |
| 21 | Rachel walked out on to the main road a few minutes later feeling overwhelmed with guilt . |
| 22 | Rachel said bitterly as they shot on to the main road . |
| 23 | He let the car forwards , down the hill , and on to the white road that led across the lake bed . |