Example sentences of "[pers pn] straight [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Get his boots off and get him below or I 'll sail the lot of you straight into the reef . ’ |
| 2 | He ca n't have told Sister , or she 'd never have pitched you straight into the A.R.R. Unit . |
| 3 | A 200 mile drive down the spectacular Autostrade del Sole brings you straight into the heart of one of the most historic , most wildly mountainous yet least visited regions of Italy . |
| 4 | Some houses frown ; some look indignant , prim or shy ; but this one looked you straight in the face and greeted you with a smile . |
| 5 | The surface of the palladium is better preserved , allowing the deuterium to infuse better ; it is easy to prepare clean solutions ; and if I look you straight in the eye and say ‘ If you think of any nuclear phenomena what would you choose ’ — well , it is obvious is n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | ( He resumes pacing , then , spinning on his heels to avoid the wall , he veers round , stares you straight in the face , hands flared , fingers spread frozen in time and space , chin tucked in on itself like a gossiping neighbour , takes another deep breath through the nose , opens his mouth , swivels his eyes to left and right and walks clean out of the room . |
| 7 | Would n't look you straight in the eye . ’ |
| 8 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 9 | The boys ' father Ben said : ‘ The lads took me straight to the baby and it was freezing . |
| 10 | He took me straight to the Rembrandt and talked about it , without lowering his voice , and I had the smallness to be embarrassed because some other people there stared at us . |
| 11 | The hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) talked about subsidies , and that leads me straight to the idea which has sometimes been muttered during the debate — that the mines should not have a subsidy . |
| 12 | The man took me straight to the Tabard . |
| 13 | Should n't be surprised if it drives me straight into the arms of the recruiting officer . |
| 14 | She looked me straight in the eye . |
| 15 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
| 16 | The woman is looking me straight in the eyes , Alida thought , she does not know even the basic elements of courtesy , she has paid no attention at all to the very relevant account of my condition . |
| 17 | Wilkerson looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ You could kill me , Nicky . |
| 18 | And then he looked me straight in the face , ‘ One day , soon , Nicky , God 's spirit is going to deal with you . |
| 19 | Wilkerson took the cartons from us and looked me straight in the eye . |
| 20 | Stare me straight in the teeth And I 'm sure you 'll agree I 've got a high class pedigree I do n't gie' a monkey 's for the world and its wife It 's a dog 's life ! |
| 21 | He just looked at me and then punched me straight in the face . |
| 22 | At one point during the meal , she reached over to me , put her hand on mine , looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ I think you are a lesbian . ’ |
| 23 | But my prize for all time lack of observation goes to the old gentleman who , after walking past row upon row of fish tanks , stacks of fish food and eye-catching displays of pond accessories , looked me straight in the eye and said : ‘ Do you do cheese and tomato sandwiches ? ’ |
| 24 | Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’ |
| 25 | They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’ |
| 26 | He looks me straight in the eyes as he takes his hand from my glass . |
| 27 | Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye . |
| 28 | Now Duke and his brothers began trimming sideways across the face of the waves , as their ancestors had done , rather than riding them straight into the beach . |
| 29 | ‘ Now we 're looking to encourage our customers to send remittance advices electronically so we can post them straight into the sales ledger , and eventually we 'll ‘ close the loop ’ as regards other documents too . |
| 30 | ‘ Any survivors — put them straight into the army . |