Example sentences of "straight [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amongst the dust and waste , characters who might have stepped straight out of the pages of Dickens or Mrs Gaskell bloomed . |
| 2 | A sniping and competitive scrum-half straight out of the All Black mould , he has to serve out his time but qualifies to play in the league in the new year . |
| 3 | So in the middle of his speech he walked straight out of the debate and the Union chamber . |
| 4 | The fish hawkers on the beach stalls opposite sell plaice still flapping , straight out of the sea . |
| 5 | Its stalkless flowers burst straight out of the branches and sometimes even the trunk , although in our climate they usually appear after the first leaves . |
| 6 | Here in a vast amphitheatre you can dance the night away to a brilliant light and laser show , a stage show , and fountains shooting straight out of the sea , with the floodlit backdrop of Bodrum castle across the far side of the harbour . |
| 7 | The nondescripts were observers straight out of the nine-to-five banking bureaucracy : groomed to perfection , marvellously polite , and for sale to the highest bidder guaranteed to keep his mouth shut . |
| 8 | The Feldwebel drank his soup straight out of the bowl and baited the mousy man because he would n't do the same . |
| 9 | We had fellows who had come straight out of the First World War , afraid of nothing . |
| 10 | Many observed features of learning and memory plop straight out of the theory . |
| 11 | The guzzling of our resources is even more worrying when one realises that two-thirds of the energy produced in a power station floats straight out of the cooling towers , never to be seen again . |
| 12 | Creed slapped Jed on the shoulder , a gesture straight out of the boardroom . |
| 13 | Newton 's office looks like something straight out of the Conran shop . |
| 14 | The meals can then be eaten straight out of the pack . |
| 15 | Mr Tom stood in front of her , pulled out his pincenez on the spring in his lapel , eyed her from her feet upwards , turning away without a word and marching , practically , straight out of the building . |
| 16 | It was dug straight out of the clay , including the profile for the undergravel filter — which was reinforced with boards and carpeting before the PVC liner was laid over it . |
| 17 | ‘ Clean old job he made of it , straight out of the drill book ! ’ |
| 18 | One might well say that the Nuer sound as though they came straight out of the Bible — the Old Testament rather than the New . |
| 19 | Art and sights straight out of the history books are to be seen at every turn , yet now these are modern cities too , alive with their own 20th century energy and enthusiasm . |
| 20 | If you have time , pay a visit to Rossano which boasts an exquisite byzantine church straight out of the Arabian Nights or drive south towards Tropea a pretty fishing town with superb , golden beaches . |
| 21 | To the right , for mile upon mile , precipices rose straight out of the river for several thousand feet . |
| 22 | ‘ Even first time out at Jerez , with the bike straight out of the crate , it felt pretty good . |
| 23 | This was indeed an English performance straight out of the text-book of over-ambition being thwarted by grim reality . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , they also boast that ‘ standard ’ Irish rock sound and stage moves that come straight out of the manual — and do we really need another version of ‘ Stepping Stone ’ ? |
| 25 | On Kenya 's border with Tanzania are the internationally known Serengeti and Maasai Mara reserves , where the annual migration of millions of wildebeeste and zebras to warmer northern parts forms a wondrous spectacle straight out of the pages of ‘ Out of Africa ’ . |
| 26 | Take Castell Coch , a Victorian fantasy straight out of the pages of ‘ Sleeping Beauty ’ , situated just north of Cardiff . |
| 27 | Mechanically , it works almost as well on land as it does in water , so that providing a creature can find a way of breathing , there is little to prevent it walking straight out of the sea and up the beach . |
| 28 | It was untidy , but then he had got straight out of the bed to answer the scratching . |
| 29 | Does the trunk come straight out of the ground with parallel or straight sides , larger at the bottom ? |
| 30 | She was so angry that she ordered my father straight out of the house , and he has never seen her since . |