Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] straight [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Morley Street is one of 11 entries for the Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton on Thursday , but Balding is likely to avoid taking on Champion Hurdle favourite , Muse , there and send him straight to the Festival . |
| 4 | Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’ |
| 5 | It caught her straight across the neck and she probably owes her life to the fact that the drainpipe snapped . |
| 6 | Then on Monday the chauffeur drove them straight to the theatre for the show . |
| 7 | Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Any survivors — put them straight into the army . |
| 9 | Pumped one straight into the destroyer 's magazine , then took off , the cheeky sods ! |
| 10 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
| 11 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
| 12 | ‘ Sir , ’ said the lady , looking him straight in the eye as he paused in his task to glance at her , so that his hand stilled and his gaze remained on her serious face , ‘ I am no more the victim of circumstance than are you . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye . |
| 14 | To which and looking him straight in the face , she had answered , ‘ Do n't count on it , ever . ’ |
| 15 | I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ? |
| 16 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
| 17 | Put it straight up the front then . |
| 18 | I must of had them on my lap and normally put it straight to the ignition . |
| 19 | You can freeze rice and then put it straight in the microwave . |
| 20 | Ron retrieved the can and ‘ put it straight in the tank ’ . |
| 21 | for sixteen , seventeen grand in a lump sum , put it straight in the bank |
| 22 | No , I just put it straight in the ground . |
| 23 | May as well give it straight to the bank . |
| 24 | The men took the digger from a nearby building site and drove it straight through the supermarket wall , shortly after four this morning . |
| 25 | Mr Cooper drove it straight into the barn and stopped next to Nebbins |
| 26 | I drove it straight round the corner and installed it in a costly carpark on Lexington and Forty-Third . |
| 27 | We happened to pass a woman pushing a pram , who for some reason produced a torch , no doubt in order to locate something , and directed it straight at the baby 's face . |
| 28 | They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’ |
| 29 | Emily had been able to look them straight in the eye even then and say that Nan would cause no trouble . |
| 30 | These are for the climbers , and when you feel puny as a walker you can sidle over to someone looking through this rail and look them straight in the eye , secure in the knowledge that nothing in hill-walking requires you to dress in such a gruesome fashion . |