Example sentences of "[vb past] straight [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without any fuss they were setting up a machine-gun while a party came straight up the hill towards the ambush positions . |
| 2 | Earlier , the full-back , apparently incensed at being called off just three minutes into the second half , turned away from the bench and sprinted straight down the tunnel . |
| 3 | The old Minpin climbed out of his window and walked straight down the big steeply sloping branch , then up another branch until he found a place only a few inches from Little Billy 's face . |
| 4 | Some people I know would revel in being able to say they looked straight down the barrel of a loaded gun . |
| 5 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 6 | He left school and went straight on the dole , like Derek probably will . |
| 7 | Mm , mm , cos of King 's Cross , had to come at all it 's awful and one time you just went straight on the escalator and now you 've got to go |
| 8 | Well we went straight on the motorway |
| 9 | He went straight up the stairs and a few minutes later came down carrying a parcel of his things . |
| 10 | The cat ran straight down the trunk of the tree . |
| 11 | The short cut turned out to be a lane which started abruptly at the bottom of a flight of steps opposite the Questura and ran straight down the hillside like a ruled line . |