Example sentences of "go in a [adj] line " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't keep going in a straight line . |
| 2 | Enough to curve it right back on itself so an astronaut going in a straight line would land back where he started ? ’ |
| 3 | So they must have thought they were still going in a straight line heading for the bullseye . |
| 4 | The hard part of that is something going in a straight line , and the same speed has no force , no resultant forces acting on it . |
| 5 | There is , true enough , no bank to poke into — get round the first headland and the next bank is the shore of Svalbard — but it would still be a good idea to be able to go in a straight line . |
| 6 | I 'm trying to go in a straight line but I keep ending up where I began . |
| 7 | From Old Stratford to Towcester it still goes in a straight line for 8½ miles . |
| 8 | He blasted it and it went in a straight line from his foot to the top right hand corner . |
| 9 | If it just went in a straight line it would take fifteen minutes . |
| 10 | It would n't go in a straight line and kept squeaking , as if it was trying to draw the attention of the customs officers to the person pushing : ‘ Hey , take a look at this chap 's bags . ’ |
| 11 | Another way of expressing the same idea is that logic is like kicking a ball — it may go in a straight line , but if the direction is wrong it will not help the team to win the game . |