Example sentences of "[vb pp] straight [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had fellows who had come straight out of the First World War , afraid of nothing . |
| 2 | Even though we spent that money we are projected to come in with balances of three million pounds in excess of the budget figure set by the Conservatives , and that is a six million pounds difference that 's come straight out of the twenty-four and I think it tells us two things . |
| 3 | Part of her was appalled at the ease with which she had slotted straight back into the military lifestyle ; part of her welcomed the safety of knowing exactly where she fitted in and what she was supposed to do . |
| 4 | As has been firmly documented in much of the British press , Paris was divided into those designers attempting to proceed through the Nineties and more or less disappointing our expectations , and those who have love bombed straight back into the Seventies . |
| 5 | Mike Sadler was flown straight back to the Eighth Army and assigned the task of navigating the New Zealand Division around the south of the Mareth line , while Cooper was able to enjoy the pleasures of Constantine with an old friend , Reg Seekings , who had made his way through after the B Squadron attacks on the road . |
| 6 | Kennedy , he said , had no previous conviction but in this , his first crime , he had clearly gone straight in at the deep end . |
| 7 | Maclean opens his account in Madrid against local player Alberto Codina a week today , while for Donaldson , who reached the semi-finals of the Danish Open last month , the Guernsey event at the end of next month marks another breakthrough in that it is the first time she has gone straight in to the main draw for a Grade A tournament . |
| 8 | I spent a week on the rack , far away from home , constantly trying to achieve this extra margin which , I hardly need to point out , would have gone straight down to the bottom line and would have been shown as profit . |