Example sentences of "straight [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cross the forest road and keep straight on up the hill .
2 and going straight on up the hill
3 But this time Hardy went straight on to the attack , putting Holmes on the canvas with a right over the top for an initial count of seven .
4 If death occurs after that period , the scheme may pay a funeral benefit , but the widow goes straight on to the widow 's pension .
5 The sloop apparently ran straight on to the top of the bank under sail in spite of the fact that the top of the bank is 10 m ( 30 ft ) above the level of high spring tides.Jutson ( 1939 ) has pointed to a series of generally narrow platforms cut mainly in almost horizontal rocks in New South Wales and extending up to a height of 10 m ( 30 ft ) or more .
6 As I hang on to the arm-rest with white knuckles , it is clear to me that Brundle has decided not to attempt the corners but to go straight on to the escape road : the turn is impossible now ; it 's just a joke ; he 's trying to scare the shit out of me .
7 That 's when they used to come up and put it in the straight on to the station .
8 Johnny Cooper on the other hand , says that they drove straight on to the airfield .
9 Gemmell straight on to the head of Hill and Thomson dispossessed by Gemmell .
10 He fingered his tie , a particularly vivid one that day , and went straight on to the purpose of their meeting , which was to ask her to help Frank Shildon who was investigating aspects of the MacQuillan empire .
11 No front gardens in Paradise Street ; the flat-faced little houses fronted straight on to the road .
12 It was very nice being there this afternoon and being able to walk straight on to the lawn .
13 Helen graduated in History at Somerville College , Oxford and then went straight on to the CPE and Finals Courses at the Lancaster Gate branch of the College of Law .
14 ‘ Could the body have been dumped straight on to the shoal ? ’
15 But allow me to move straight on to the verdict on your work .
16 MIRANDA WAS ALONE in the compartment and glad of it , as it was an old-fashioned commuter train , with no corridor , just a door opening straight on to the line .
17 Gus halted the Aston Martin at the doorway instead of driving straight on to the garage , and was out of the driving-seat like a greyhound out of a trap , to dart round to the passenger side and hand Charlotte out .
18 of them should go straight on to the beat .
19 This way I can knit the cuff and go straight on to the sleeve rather than gather the sleeve on to the cuff at a later stage , as would be necessary if I were using a 2x1 cuff .
20 We came out the , out the ferry port and you 're alright going straight on to the boat , it 's when you 've got ta turn right .
21 Forrester has not been playing much in the reserves but came straight on to the bench after his injury .
22 She was ushered straight on to the train at Paddington with her staff .
23 I 've been concentrating on my technique , so soon I could try working straight on to the plate .
24 Thus if the hirer subsequently pays off all the remaining instalments , ownership will pass to the hirer and straight on to the purchaser from the hirer .
25 ‘ I 'm going straight on to the Guide Hut through the West Wood . ’
26 The yellowish-gray brick houses gave straight on to the street , which she had found only after turning out of another one , and then another .
27 So you 're going straight on to the football are you ?
28 They were off the cinder track now , walking down a hilly street where small , dark houses opened straight on to the pavement .
29 The doors of its red brick terraced houses open straight on to the pavement .
30 Do n't do n't need to do the equals , you can go straight on to the divide by a hundred .
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