Example sentences of "back on [prep] the road " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with that she reversed the van , turned it round and drove back on to the road . |
| 2 | Several more aircraft were set ablaze , and as they drove back on to the road without a shot having been fired against them , Stirling and Mayne were cock-a-hoop . |
| 3 | ‘ I promise you we 'd be much better to go quietly back on to the road and make our way to the Fire Court . ’ |
| 4 | But at least I had the sense to keep my mouth shut , and shortly afterwards we were able to leave the railway and get back on to the road . |
| 5 | Guy led Chalon back on to the road , casting another searching glance up at Isabel 's closed face . |
| 6 | Mr Luther , if it was he , stuffed it into one of his saddlebags and freewheeled the bike back on to the road , kick-started and was away . |
| 7 | She switched on the engine and headed back on to the road . |
| 8 | County workers travelled in less technological gritters , snow ploughs and snow buckets and spent two hours dragging the expensive machine back on to the road . |
| 9 | but when I got the car back on to the road , I mean I 'm a , a complete bag of nerves and I 'm , I 'm not wanting to be walking along the , the edge of the bypass at one o'clock in the morning |