Example sentences of "went straight to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She arrived at work at a quarter to nine and went straight to the studio . |
| 2 | After four years in the Royal Artillery , Dignam was invalided out of the army and went straight to the Arts Theatre , where he was a delightfully tongue-in-cheek Shavian Angel and a foxy Claudius , proving Stanislavsky 's adage , as Agrippa in the Anthony Quayle/Edith Evans Antony and Cleopatra , that there are ‘ no small parts ’ . |
| 3 | We flew out on Saturday and went straight to the Mar Y Sol to meet Tanit the Island God . |
| 4 | ‘ Colin Chapman went straight to the point , ’ remembers Rudd . |
| 5 | With a moisture content of 14.5% , the grain went straight to the merchant . |
| 6 | ‘ He was woken by the smoke and heat and he alerted his sisters , then went straight to the telephone and called me . |
| 7 | They returned to Egypt , where they went straight to the front after receiving replacements from the County . |
| 8 | Corbett continued into Inverkeithing and went straight to the ale-house where he had told Ranulf to meet him . |
| 9 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |
| 10 | One night of winter , with howling winds blowing and heavy rain lashing the streets , he arrived cold and wet at the Club , went straight to the bar as usual , and was given his usual drink by the bar man , ‘ Johnny ’ . |
| 11 | Her eyes went straight to the wicker chair by the window where a baby was just waking from its morning sleep . |
| 12 | However , at one stage , one of Tony 's roadies — apparently a bit of an electronics whizzkid — wired the guitar to send the signal from one of the sockets to a transformer and into a mixer , while the other went straight to the amp . |
| 13 | When he got there he went straight to the bank . |
| 14 | But unlike the young hero in Tom Brown 's Schooldays who stood up to his tormentor Flashman , Charles went straight to the headmaster . |
| 15 | He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead . |
| 16 | WHILE Q IS AIMING FOR a young , hip and multi-racial clubbing audience , Victor Headley 's first novel Yardie went straight to the mainstream black audience . |
| 17 | He went straight to the nearest bar , where he remained until just after midnight . |
| 18 | We reached Mandalay and I went straight to the Winchester Mission where dear Willie Garrad looked shocked to see me and said in a scandalised voice , ‘ Oh , but you ca n't possibly stay here ’ — it was a Brotherhood you see ! |
| 19 | This time I went straight to the pretty china bowl and washed my hands . |
| 20 | Ludovico went straight to the Via Santo Spirito , strode purposefully through the leafy courtyard , and ran up the broad shallow stairs to the top floor . |
| 21 | ‘ He was in a hurry to catch a train and went straight to the platform , fully intending to buy a ticket on the train or at his destination , ’ the spokesman said . |
| 22 | That was in stark contrast to the previous year in the same competition when he went straight to the dressing-room after Widnes lost to Hull . |
| 23 | McColgan went straight to the front in a bid to break the field — but in the end , she was the one forced to pay a devastating price . |
| 24 | Offiah also went straight to the dressing-room following the 1991 Premiership final at Old Trafford . |
| 25 | I always went straight to the dog and the monkey . |
| 26 | They went straight to the toilets and repaired their makeup and hair . |
| 27 | When the victims were allowed to flee , they went straight to the police . |
| 28 | He went straight to the Passport Office and applied for another one-year renewal . |
| 29 | Instead I went straight to the old house . |
| 30 | On Tuesday morning Troy got up and , without even thinking about Bathsheba , went straight to the churchyard to find the position of Fanny 's grave . |