Example sentences of "straight at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We aim straight at the art of The Possessed by observing that the follow-up , I 'm a lukewarm man , or I 'm an indifferent , an apathetic man , is beyond Stavrogin . |
| 2 | It is straightforward — you paddle like hell straight at the beach and with luck and strength can get the boat far enough up to ensure dry feet when you get out . |
| 3 | Until a routinely hopeless marriage , Louise Waddington delivers Little Cog 's speeches straight at the audience , up into the Gods . |
| 4 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 5 | ‘ Once or twice , ’ she admitted , as her next bowl ran straight at the first , making contact with a gentle ‘ klok ’ . |
| 6 | Sitting on my own behind them on the return journey I looked straight at the innocently sensuous lips of Isabella Rossellini , advertising a perfume near traffic lights . |
| 7 | I can remember the long cloudless days when we drove for mile after mile over desert that stretched out around us as flatly as an unruffled sea ; the way we would pull the throttle out so that the needle stood up straight at the figure forty , and then would laze back with our legs stretched out across the bonnet … . |
| 8 | He then only needed a pitching-wedge and he hit it straight at the pin to about 18 feet or so . |
| 9 | And when he thrust at her , still yelling , ‘ Get up into that house , there ! ’ and almost pushed her onto her back , the young fellow sprang forward and grabbed her ; then , with one arm around her and the other fist doubled , forefinger pointing out straight at the man , he cried at him , ‘ You lay another hand on her like that , mister , an' that 'll be the last thing you do . ’ |
| 10 | He is grinning straight at the camera . |
| 11 | But it too is a close-up showing only head and shoulders , with Todd gazing straight at the camera . |
| 12 | He said it straight at the senior officer , who looked for a moment as if someone had cracked a whip in his face . |
| 13 | Clockwise can be confusing on faces that are away from you — I always treat it as clockwise when looking straight at the face . |
| 14 | As it came near he quickly lowered the camera and directed a wide-eyed stare , straight at the big cat . |
| 15 | If the prey looks up and stares straight at the lion or tiger , the big cat looks sheepishly away as if suddenly indifferent to the whole business of predation . |
| 16 | I quickly learned that pointing the camera and flash straight at the glass of the aquarium did not work . |
| 17 | The adjustable flashhead is set pointing straight at the aquarium glass and great care is taken in the initial focusing in order to ensure sharp photographs . |
| 18 | Again the lesson is plain : do n't always chip straight at the pin . |
| 19 | At the 13th , a big sloping green , he studied my putt and said : ‘ Ah now , it 's a canny putt , son , but let me see … yes , hit it straight at the pin . ’ |
| 20 | If I were you , I 'd hit it straight at the pin . ’ |
| 21 | And he said : ‘ No , straight at the pin . ’ |
| 22 | And he stopped me and said : ‘ Son , I saw ye practising , and I 've always found with a player of your capabilities it is best to tell them to hit it straight at the pin ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Because , ’ he replied , in his slower west-country burr , staring straight at the coroner , ‘ she were took up doin' zummat else . ’ |
| 24 | The criminal replies , ‘ Have a look , mate ! ’ as he throws the heavy bag straight at the bobby , knocking him backwards on to the pavement . |
| 25 | Not waste time and get straight at the problem . |
| 26 | A body section could be made in a standard four-ply small pattern stitch , possibly a tiny tuck pattern , cast off straight at the underarms , with a woven pattern used for the yoke and sleeves . |
| 27 | Gorbad drove his wolf chariot straight at the Count , its three slavering wolves leaping as one for their enemy 's throat . |
| 28 | Instead of the fairway he found the edge of the rough several times , and his irons were not flying straight at the flag . |
| 29 | He stands looking straight at the judge as the clerk reads out his name and that of his co-defendant , Robert Lopez , who is charged with manslaughter and inflicting grievous bodily harm . |
| 30 | I am telling you about this … to remind you that one can try to give an impression of anguish without aiming straight at the historic Garden of Gethsemane |