Example sentences of "straight [adv] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've either got to go straight on and trust to slipping past their Camp in the dark … ’ he paused ; ‘ any chance of that ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | Police said last night : ‘ He called to the driver to stop and stepped in front of the car but it carried straight on and smashed into him . |
| 3 | She went straight in and said to them , " For shit 's sake , ca n't you help us take the things up the stairs ? " |
| 4 | sort this out sensibly , the police overreact , they arrest him at midnight in the clothes he stands up in , they take him down to the police station , he 's held in the police station for about thirty six hours or so , something like that , er instead of being brought before the court straight away and released on bail straight away , they , they keep him in custody where he 's never been before , er and Madam he 's then released on bail but court imposes silly conditions on him , conditions that he should n't go back to his home address , he ca n't go and see his girlfriend , he ca n't go and see his children , er , and Madam it seems to be an abuse of the process really of the court to behave in this way . |
| 5 | The worst bit was to come , when the steamer rolled over and took in water over her bulwarks at one side , then rolled straight over and took in water over her bulwarks at the other side . |
| 6 | Kelly had driven straight home and embarked on her own investigation . |
| 7 | Jo put her arms straight up and sank to the bottom , kicked off and came up shaking her head . |
| 8 | Straight ahead and aiming at a silver moon the tarmac is a dark rich salmon colour , burnt orangey in places and patched with indigo . |
| 9 | I went straight upstairs and stood in the middle of my bedroom . |