Example sentences of "straight to the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always saw straight to the point of an argument . |
| 2 | He had the merit of going always straight to the point — what is best for Christianity in England ? and besides that the scruples of air marshals , or the wishes of the Dean of York , or the comfort of Bell , or the scholarship of Ramsey , are nothing . |
| 3 | ‘ Colin Chapman went straight to the point , ’ remembers Rudd . |
| 4 | He came straight to the point in a rather superior manner , saying that he was a European federalist and that , in his opinion , it did n't matter a tuppeny damn whether industrial investments took place in Germany , France or the UK . |
| 5 | Ignoring the excuse for hysteria , Charity came straight to the point . |
| 6 | Doone arrived very soon after Tremayne had gone and came straight to the point . |
| 7 | The girl , whose name is Marion Russell , comes straight to the point . |
| 8 | ‘ In that case , Father , I will come straight to the point . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If I may come straight to the point , sir . |
| 10 | ‘ But I would be obliged if you would come straight to the point , Captain Carew . ’ |
| 11 | like to get straight to the point |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll come straight to the point , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Mrs Ridley , however , came straight to the point . |
| 14 | His back to us , he concentrates on the pictures and comes straight to the point . |
| 15 | ‘ Miss Maynard thinks you are suffering from post-natal depression , ’ he answered , coming straight to the point . |
| 16 | ‘ How 'd they get in ? ’ asked Cowley , getting straight to the point . |
| 17 | Does she dive straight to the point or does she circle around , feeling for what she wants to say ? |
| 18 | Straight to the point |
| 19 | And it was this ability to get straight to the point and to turn conventional wisdom on its head that earned him the respect of so many staff and others with whom he regularly had to confront thorny questions of Amnesty strategy and its relations with governments . |
| 20 | ‘ Ion Manescu , ’ said Tweed , coming straight to the point . |
| 21 | Straight to the point |
| 22 | With accomplices J. Holden , A. Atkinson and A. Rowell , his new routing activities have included many crags , ranging from Hodge Close , with Mirror Image , E4 6b ( 8 bolts and one point of aid ) , through Eskdale Needle — Straight To The Point , E2 5c — to four routes ( still unnamed ) from E1 to E2 on The Napes and Kern Knotts . |
| 23 | Come straight to the point and keep to the point are the golden rules of letter writing . |
| 24 | Let me come straight to the point . |
| 25 | strict , straight to the point , the work went on the blackboard , you were given so long to do it , close your book and if you did n't do it you never saw the teacher , but you felt his cane on your knuckles and he knew you were n't doing your work , so you did it . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll come straight to the point , Miss . |
| 27 | ‘ I go by there most days , ’ said the farmer , proving himself to be the sort of chap who does not mess about but gets straight to the point . |
| 28 | ‘ If I may , I 'd like to come straight to the point . |
| 29 | Commenting on the numbers from ethnic minorities in prison , Vivien Stern , the director of NACRO went straight to the point when she suggested : |
| 30 | Cobalt went straight to the point . |