Example sentences of "went straight to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the fire went straight to a place deep inside her body that she had n't even known existed until this moment . |
| 2 | I think we forget , in these days , that in the Thirties a young person left school at fourteen , and in many cases , went straight to a job . |
| 3 | On Tuesday morning Troy got up and , without even thinking about Bathsheba , went straight to the churchyard to find the position of Fanny 's grave . |
| 4 | His gaze went straight to the girl in the bed . |
| 5 | However , at one stage , one of Tony 's roadies — apparently a bit of an electronics whizzkid — wired the guitar to send the signal from one of the sockets to a transformer and into a mixer , while the other went straight to the amp . |
| 6 | ‘ He was in a hurry to catch a train and went straight to the platform , fully intending to buy a ticket on the train or at his destination , ’ the spokesman said . |
| 7 | Although she begged me to say nothing to her father , I went straight to the master and told him . |
| 8 | She went straight to the bathroom , stripped off her dirty clothes and stepped into the shower . |
| 9 | He went straight to the top — with a two-page letter to the Prime Minister . |
| 10 | Validation recommendations normally went straight to the Polytechnic 's ASC . |
| 11 | Not having any time to think about it , Dave left work and went straight to the airfield . |
| 12 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |
| 13 | One night of winter , with howling winds blowing and heavy rain lashing the streets , he arrived cold and wet at the Club , went straight to the bar as usual , and was given his usual drink by the bar man , ‘ Johnny ’ . |
| 14 | He went straight to the bar in the Franz Joseph . |
| 15 | He went straight to the Passport Office and applied for another one-year renewal . |
| 16 | But unlike the young hero in Tom Brown 's Schooldays who stood up to his tormentor Flashman , Charles went straight to the headmaster . |
| 17 | He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water . |
| 18 | In America recently , I wore the lenses for a ladies ' luncheon , then went straight to the theatre for the show , and did make-up , hair and costume in record time . |
| 19 | ‘ He was woken by the smoke and heat and he alerted his sisters , then went straight to the telephone and called me . |
| 20 | Alone in the big drawing-room where Annette 's choice of bright fabrics had fought hardest , albeit still without winning against her dead in-laws ' passion for darkpanelled gloom Maxim went straight to the telephone . |
| 21 | Her eyes went straight to the wicker chair by the window where a baby was just waking from its morning sleep . |
| 22 | Erm , last time the do gooders insisted , one of them was left out , he went straight to the South Coast , killed his mum and his |
| 23 | The young man looked very pale and went straight to the door . |
| 24 | Geoffrey went straight to the door , and pressed his ear to it . |
| 25 | They returned to Egypt , where they went straight to the front after receiving replacements from the County . |
| 26 | McColgan went straight to the front in a bid to break the field — but in the end , she was the one forced to pay a devastating price . |
| 27 | ‘ We went straight to the front . |
| 28 | When he got there he went straight to the bank . |
| 29 | Corbett continued into Inverkeithing and went straight to the ale-house where he had told Ranulf to meet him . |
| 30 | Returning to the auberge , Melissa went straight to the terrace for breakfast . |