"My approach when I went into bat was to play as straight as possible, " Samaraweera said.
His convictions were always politely stated, affably argued and as firm and straight as the columns of this cathedral.
Both kids sat up as straight as they could and tried to see.
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Via Appia Antica stretches out south of Rome, as straight as a die, its steppingstone cobblestones disappearing into the distance.
To earn straight As for two decades in a row, I learned to detach from my own emotions and physical body.
You could like him or not, but you understood that by his lights he was giving it to you straight as he could.
Olympic champion Nancy Jebet Langat pulled clear of the field down the home straight as a tired-looking Dobriskey struggled towards the rear of the field.
She has already attained straight As in history, politics English and law at AS Level and has been described by one of her tutors as 'a very nice human being'.
La Pedrera, run straight as arrows, pointing to the heart of the Cuitat Vella (Old Town) and the narrow, tangled streets of the Barri Gotic (Gothic Quarter), which hides dusty plazas and Moorish eight-pointed fountains.
After an hour, he left the wide state highway for a snaky blacktop road, and deep in the woods he made a left turn down a gravel lane that ran as straight as a railroad for ten miles.
The day that I decided I wanted to live, I went back to school, made straight As, graduated at the top of my class, on the National Honor Society, became the first person in my family on either side, to graduate from college.
She immediately dropped to the back of the pack at the start of the race, was 15m off the pace at the bell and although she moved through the field, she left herself too much to do on home straight as Jepkosgei raced clear.
When asked why Mrs Richards was not in a splint with her legs straight as instructed in her medical notes, the nurse said that was the position she had been left in by the ambulance staff who had just transferred her from the Royal Haslar Hospital in Gosport.
It may yet turn out that way, but so far, it has not been nearly as easy or straight forward as expected.
Neatly, she does not so we get all the benefit of anticipation and then the pay off is when Johnny later goes with the other woman to the same clinic, for the same check-up and meets the same doctor who keeps as near a straight face as she can.
Combining the two definitions is not as straight-forward as you might think.
The trick is to cycle at maximum speed until the point of overtaking, and then sit back in the saddle as you pass, looking straight ahead as if the mere breeze is carrying you forward.
" Never in my life have I heard "street" pronounced as "skreet" or "straight" as "skraight.
She scored 12 straight points as the Red Storm went on a 22-6 run to close the half.
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Sweden's Robin Soderling progressed in straight sets as he overcame the serve of Janko Tipsarevic 6-3 7-6 (7-5).
Mr Bridger remained staring straight ahead as the case was outlined against him.
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But Cougars struck back straight away as substitute Tom Palmer leaped over to send them into the interval 22-4 up.
Unshaven and wearing a gray prison jumpsuit, Mr. Zimmerman stood quietly in the courtroom, staring straight ahead as Judge Mark E.
Japan's exports to the EU have dipped for 17 straight months as the region's sovereign debt crisis continues to hurt consumer demand.
Blatter, who was cleared by the same inquiry, stood unopposed to win his third straight term as head of the governing body.
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