Example sentences of "gone straight [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | True to his brother 's word , David had gone straight for the fish cakes . |
| 2 | Then suddenly , right out of the blue , it had gone straight down the drain . |
| 3 | Jeremy Bates was not ranked high enough to have gone straight into the main singles draw and would have had to take part in the qualifying competition . |
| 4 | She is ranked sufficiently highly to have gone straight into the main draw , but made it clear that the Games were inconvenient for her schedule this years , as she had a lot of points to defend in tournaments . |
| 5 | The sailor had gone straight through the casement window of the Red Hart , into the street . |
| 6 | It looked as if it had gone straight over the side and into the valley . |
| 7 | Hundreds had evidently gone straight to the station in Prague without contacting the embassy . |
| 8 | It struck me that in calling me his heavenly brother he had gone straight to the heart of all our missionary endeavours . |
| 9 | If he 'd been following me he would have to have been close because I had gone straight to the camera , and I would have heard him , even in the wind . |
| 10 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd have had a visit if she 'd gone straight to the nearest phone , ’ Goldman observed . |
| 12 | But the market would be affected , particularly as the disappointed broker had n't hesitated to tell everyone how lucky he 'd been not to drop a packet on Dreadnought , which had gone straight to the bottom like a stone in a pond . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's all right — I was n't at all happy about the arrangements either , ’ Laura agreed , before explaining that when Ross had returned to New York he 'd gone straight to the hospital from the airport , before eventually returning to the empty apartment . |
| 14 | Well because A T S had gone straight to the bailiff and the courts to freeze his account . |
| 15 | Gone straight in the bin ! |
| 16 | It seemed that the father had gone straight from the brothel to the River and drowned himself . |
| 17 | It is clear , however , that in this case the contracting company felt extremely nervous when it found that representatives of a safety committee had gone straight from the employer to the ultimate operator in the field . |