1 A drowning man will catch at a straw. 

2 A straw shows which way the wind blows. 

3 You can't make bricks without straw. 

4 A drowning man will clutch at a straw. 

5 He that liveth in court dieth upon straw. 

6 Drowning man will catch at a straw. 

7 One cannot make bricks without straw. 

8 The wide-brimmed straw hat shielded his face.

9 Yes. This is the last straw.

10 The shed was roofed with dried straw.

11 She drank her soda through a straw.

12 She sipped her lemonade through a straw.

13 She was noisily sucking up milk through a straw.

14 It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

15 The old peasant is twisting pieces of straw into a rope.

16 A straw poll conducted at the end of the meeting found most people agreed with Mr Forth.

17 It's the last straw.

18 Mr Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence.

19 I sat on a bale of straw near the fire.

20 The animals sleep on straw.

21 Pick over and hull the straw berries.

22 He littered the stable with fresh straw.

23 The farmer piles a cart with straw.

24 He viciously bayoneted the straw dummy.

25 In good years corn is hay(), in ill years straw is corn. 

26 The fraud depended on hundreds of bank accounts being opened on behalf of straw men.

27 He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabor.

28 She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw.

29 The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson,[] and Mr Straw.

30 Losing my job was bad enough, but being evicted from my house was the final straw.

1 The wide-brimmed straw hat shielded his face.

2 Yes. This is the last straw.

3 The shed was roofed with dried straw.

4 She sipped her lemonade through a straw.

5 She was noisily sucking up milk through a straw.

6 It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

7 The old peasant is twisting pieces of straw into a rope.

8 A straw poll conducted at the end of the meeting found most people agreed with Mr Forth.

9 The fraud depended on hundreds of bank accounts being opened on behalf of straw men.

10 It's the last straw.

11 He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabor.

12 She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw.

13 The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw.

14 Mr Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence.

15 I sat on a bale of straw near the fire.

16 Losing my job was bad enough, but being evicted from my house was the final straw.

31 I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat.

32 I don't care a straw for your opinions.

33 The barn was full of bales of straw.

34 May I have a straw for my drink?

35 Mattress are filled with feathers, cotton, or straw.

36 The stable boy bedded down the horse with straw.

37 The straw mattresses are airing there.

38 The horses were crunching their straw at their manger.

39 The bumblebee sizzed right under his straw hat.

40 Glass should be packed in straw.

41 Why don't you drink your milkshake through a straw?

42 He drank the milk through a straw.

43 They bunched straw into sheaves.

44 He thatched his hut with straw.

45 The cage should be lined with straw.

46 Servants slept on straw pallets thrown on the floor.

47 The rat hid in the straw.

48 The floors are covered with woven straw mats.

49 Making me work late on Friday was the last straw.

50 I drew the short straw and had to clean the toilets.

51 He was accused by his opponents of being a man of straw and lacking in decisiveness.

52 She was blowing bubbles in her milk with a straw.

53 I took a straw poll among my colleagues to find out how many can use chopsticks.

54 The force of his fall was broken by the straw mats.

55 She nestled the eggs safely in the straw in Jim's basket.

56 He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabour.

57 A farmer was burning straw, the yellow billows of smoke spiralling lazily upward.

58 The idea that national identity will be lost as a result of European integration is just a man of straw which he is wasting his time fighting.

59 Giles drew the short straw, and has to give us a talk this morning.

60 She described the theatre's closure as "a straw in the wind" as companies faced up to the realities of life after the lottery.

61 Colin, I'm afraid you've drawn the short straw - you're cleaning out the toilets.

62 She was hatted a big white straw hat to match her pink dress.

63 For him the Church's decision to allow the ordination of women had been the last straw.

64 He wore a straw hat to keep his balding head from getting sunburned.

65 He'd broken his promise again, and it was the last straw.

66 I know that you'refloundering around, trying to grasp at any straw.

67 She's always been rude to me, but it was the last straw when she started insulting my mother.

68 The native of that region still live in primitive straw huts.

69 On top of the cupboards are vast straw baskets which Pat uses for dried flower arrangements.

70 He was leaning over the gate chewing on a straw.

71 He drew the short straw and had to drive everyone to the party.

72 A straw poll of local inhabitants concluded that British tourists were the worst dressed and Italians the most stylish.

73 He made her a toy horse, using just some straw and bamboo twigs.

74 Jennie sucked up the last bit of milkshake with her straw.

75 Sending in bailiffs was the last straw.

76 Straw hat with wooden beads, ￡65, Fred Bare.

77 Their clerks, mostly in straw boaters, hurried along.

78 Mulch plants each spring with straw to conserve moisture and keep weeds in check.

79 Removal of the straw boater revealed a head of sleeked-down dark hair - a man's head of hair.

80 Controls on straw burning get the full backing of the law this season - here's what to do.

81 Hanging up on the pegs were three or four hats and among them a straw boater.

82 Of course some horses have early morning coughs rather like humans and some have allergies to hay, straw and some hard feedstuffs.

83 A tiny, wood and straw stilt hut, it stands close to the ground to allow easy access for amputees.

84 White-suited drivers, wearing straw hats and Madeiran boots, run alongside, pushing the toboggan to gain momentum.

85 Where Peach's pen had been in the window was a cage with a snake in it, curled up on straw.

86 Tell the students to blow up the balloon and then tape the straw to the balloon.

87 One built a house of straw, one built a house of sticks, one built a house of bricks.

88 But one inventor thinks he has the answer - a building material made of straw that can withstand very high temperatures.

89 Fishermen in their trawlers draw close to the straw vessels and throw candy, fruit,[http:///straw.html] and other treats to the children.

90 At the point where the air and water meet, the straw appears to bend.

91 But if that was what Adams wanted, well, he was willing to clutch at any straw.

92 Barley straw is soft and palatable, and is widely used as bulk feed for beef cattle.

93 Likewise the drinking straw would have to regulate its volume no matter how hard one sucked.

94 This latter task was not as trivial as may be supposed in a society where wood and straw huts burnt down regularly.

95 Then she had been lying in the nursery rocking chair as stuffed with straw as Andy and Teddy were full of beans.

96 If it is not straw, it is imported coal from foreign lands.

97 If you use straw as bedding for farm animals, generally speaking you improve the welfare of those animals.

98 More options include a white patent-leather tote bag and a big straw hat or scarf tied a la Audrey Hepburn.

99 Jimmy was bare-headed and Dad wore a straw boater tipped over his eyes.

100 Oat straw, although variable in quality, generally makes good bulk fodder for cattle.

101 Loose orange heaps, recently dropped, steaming, that bristled with straw.

102 There are numerous harvest customs throughout this country and abroad, and some involve burning the straw effigy of such a figure.

103 Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks' high-handed attitude.

104 She wore a black swimsuit, a huge straw hat with the brim pinned back and a bad-tempered scowl.

105 She nodded and pushed the straw under her mask, sipping the champagne.

106 Put the end of the straw in the bag so that it extends approximately two inches inside the bag.

107 The man with the straw hat put it on his head and produced a lighted cigar from nowhere.

108 The average cost is ￡15 for travelling expenses plus ￡5 for the straw of semen.

109 She was wearing black with a black straw hat with a deep brim like a laurel wreath.

110 Her black straw hat, secured by a beaded hatpin, had seen its best days long ago.

111 The demonic figures wearing ugly masks and straw and brushwood clothes are intended to scare away evil spirits.

112 Mr Bean was opening out bales of straw making deep beds.

113 The council decided the cost of administering the licensing scheme should fall to the cereal growers who burned straw.

114 The shape is made by tying on bundles of straw, and the garments help.

115 Exposed the original brick walls, hung lamps with straw bonnets for shades, put in a small mahogany bar.

116 The boats are made mostly of rice straw, woven and bound together.

117 They include using straw to make compost, paper ... and even chocolate cake.

118 She pictured a straw boater and a bicycle and as her smile spread he abruptly faced her.

119 But he paid for phone banks, mailings,[http:///straw.html] transportation and registration fees for his straw poll supporters.

120 And as they get ready for the Big One, the title decider, the lads will clutch at every available straw.

121 Firefighters spent more than eight hours at the scene, damping down the smouldering straw and attempting to discover how the blaze started.

122 She wore a cream linen suit, a black straw boater, and black gloves.

123 Miguel watched, chomping on a plastic straw, not saying anything.

124 That was the straw which broke the camel's back and in the following 16 minutes United's game fell apart.

125 He climbed over the refrigerators and dropped into the straw beside her.

126 Mr. Straw To try to suggest that the senior chief inspector agreed to 175 is preposterous.

127 There was a mattress to be carried away, calico cloth and filled with straw.

128 Having more combustible straw around only means more fuel for the arsonist.

129 Ascot Sunday, and an attentive Edmund - straw boater, white flannels.

130 The air smells lovely, of leeks and straw and the breeze from the sea five miles away.

131 Heit extracted a large, soft - brimmed straw hat.

132 Does the farmer return strew straw to the field?

133 My straw hat had been crushed and forgotten.

134 Whoosh! The straw house falls down.

135 Thread the fishing line through the straw.

136 Everyone of us had a straw hat on.

137 Sorry, I didn't know you a straw boss.

138 My house is roofed with straw.

139 They topped off the hut with a straw thatch.

140 His hair under his straw hat was sopping wet.

141 Husband: Do you really like this straw hat, dear?

142 The effect of ethoxyl _ sesbania gum in papermaking straw was discussed in this paper.

143 Despite low turnout, Mitt Romney says he's happy with his victory in the Iowa Straw Poll.

144 Mary's grunting continuously annoyed her husband, and her mother's staying with them was the last straw.

145 Wear a straw hat and bring a mug with you.

146 Mama, do you remember, the old straw hat you gave to me?

147 The bull - dog lay stretched on the straw outside his kennel.

148 The discourse studies the preparation of rice straw hemicellulosic hydrolysate for production of xylitol by fermentation.

149 Arts & Crafts : all kinds of straw - woven & wicker baskets.

150 Wisps of straw protrude from the creature's sleeves and the collar of its tattered shirt.

151 The " Imperial President " was a straw man created by defensive congressmen and by disillusioned liberals.

152 She looked at the lank figure leaning against the porch column, chewing a straw.

153 When Papa saw the straw hat his face turned red.

154 Aspartate for the guillotine cut straw, corn and so on.

155 His straw hat stuck jauntily on the side of his head.

156 The straw poll results indicated that many people oppose the new law.

157 A no - till planter was designed that can work on the field bestrewing whole maize straw.

158 Men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah.

159 I want that fresh straw herry pie whipped cream, that's my favorite.

160 Whatever position the straw is in, you'll never see a leak or wipe up a mess.

161 Many parents wouldn't dream of buying the stuff for their daughters anyway, as a straw poll among my friends and acquaintances demonstrated.

162 To store insert straw into inner tube and apply pressure to banging stick to release air.

163 The result of millet straw transaminase is 46. What did it represent?

164 Brilliant, golden straw yellow with fine bubbles. The mousse is both discreet and persistent.

165 A straw poll among members of staff shows the government is in the lead.

166 Corn straw consists mainly of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin , it is a abundant of renewable resource.

167 LMS and xylanase synergetic biobleaching of wheat straw NaOH - AQ pulp was investigated in this paper.

168 The samples of corn straw were hydrolysis with dilute hydrochloric acid at different temperatures.

169 A straw poll of people I've talked to about this research a polarised reaction.

170 The straw boss gave the order , and off we went.

171 They make low beds, on a pallet or a spread of straw.

172 GD: What the one in the straw hat? Raiden? He shoots lightning.

173 A straw poll only shows which way the hot air blows.

174 Rhoda's willowy figure, modish straw hat, and fuchsia gloves and shoes surprised Janice.

175 Without ultrasonic - assisted pretreatment the hydrolysis rate of beet, sweet sorghum straw and sugarcane were 24.

176 Meanwhile, the thermochemical characteristics of wheat straw MWL , EAL and TAL were evaluated by thermogravimetry.

177 Rinse, dry and slice oak mushroom, straw mushroom and sau chun mushroom.

178 Bag of an an a hook, straw hat,[] urea is their full actor's costumes and paraphernalia.

179 Wipe well. If canned straw mushroom is used, rinse, wipe and cut into halves.

180 A straw poll of people I've talked to about this research reveals a polarised reaction.

181 Answer: That is the boulevard side to beat straw sandal, someone say long, someone say short.

182 Straw mushroom is cultivated widely in tropical and subtropical regions of the edible fungi.

183 Straw also available - the soil nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium than emissions control.

184 He seized his own blue - banded straw hat, some two sizes too large for him.

185 Straw mushroom is our country and southeast Asia area deeply welcome famous feed bacterium.

186 A straw vote indicated that most of the group are in favour of the proposal.

187 The humification coefficient of the wheat straw determined with the nylon bag method was 12.25 %.

188 Experimental results showed that the wheat straw pulp and wood pulp were different in delignification characteristics.

189 The straw boss told Jim he would have to see the foreman about a job.

190 Will you harass a wind - driven leaf, or pursue a withered straw?

191 Whip the cream and ladle it on top of the straw - berries.

192 Malan Straw and Hualang Potherb were the best fodders of the village for pigs.

193 Still wearing his new straw hat, Xiangzi sat down opposite them.

194 A straw vote indicated eleven for the quarantine, six for the strike.

195 The microwave irradiation ( MI ) process to extract lignin from straw had been developed.

196 The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder.

197 It indicates that straw - based wallboard has characteristics of low density, good heat insulation and sound absorption.

198 This year's straw poll was even less illuminating than previous ones.

199 He cradled the grain with a scythe and tied it by hand with straw.

200 The continued strength of Labor party is suggested by straw vote.

201 A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.

202 The bowl - growing tray of rice was manufactured using straw ( plant fiber ) as material.

203 She packed the glass in straw so that it wouldn't break.