Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the air " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late afternoon , with the red sun setting and the dust from the caravans crossing the plain hanging on the air , the whole edifice looked like a monolith rising out of the depths of a brooding red sea . |
| 2 | It sucked out the air in her head and her lungs , and she twisted her head sharply , snatching breath from the folds of her cloak . |
| 3 | The words had hung on the air , heavy with innuendo , and an act of simple kindness had been spoiled . |
| 4 | ‘ You cut off the air and starve the atmosphere of oxygen . |
| 5 | Fabia could n't help picking up the air of excitement about her , and realised that she was n't the only one when barely had they sat down with a cup of tea than her father , an observant man , was asking , ‘ Are you going to tell us about it — or is it a secret ? ’ |
| 6 | Close your eyes , take one or two deep breaths and let out the air with a deep sigh . |
| 7 | It was coming towards her , scuttling down the air line . |
| 8 | His subtle military strategy — sending Scuds to Tel Aviv , opening the land battle by attacking the US forces , parking up the air force in Iran for future use — cold still transform the war . |
| 9 | The new MOT exhaust emissions test , which was introduced only a few months ago , will also play a significant part in cleaning up the air . |
| 10 | She could have added : ‘ least of all with you ’ and it seemed to her that the words , unspoken , hung on the air between them . |
| 11 | Silence hung on the air , and when he turned back he saw that Suragai was still watching as if he did not understand what had occurred . |
| 12 | The same smell of stale tobacco hung on the air that she recalled from her only meeting with Tatyana Nowak the day before her suicide . |
| 13 | A chilling smell of antiseptic hung on the air . |
| 14 | Tristan was not in the sitting room but a haze of smoke hung on the air and a reek like a garden bonfire prickled in my nostrils . |
| 15 | The smell of freshly-fried falafels hung on the air , reminding Huy that he had not yet breakfasted . |
| 16 | Ranulf , outside , peered through the small window , its shabby wooden shutters flung wide to let in the air and light . |
| 17 | THE heavily-polluted Czech town of Chomutov has threatened to call for a general strike unless the government cleans up the air , a town official said yesterday . |
| 18 | But he thought better of it and slowly breathed out the air through his nose . |
| 19 | Yet a soporific stillness hung about the air , as though the dusty dry land was still enjoying a siesta . |
| 20 | Alison 's classes did n't take on the air of duty which can mar anything from going to a party to visiting relations . |
| 21 | Super Channel wanted to run it but were told by the I.T.C. they 'd be pulled off the air if they did . |
| 22 | There again you see they can still muster out the air tanks , keep it afloat . |
| 23 | This , they assured us , would cut out the air and so stop the flames . |
| 24 | They were regarded as betrothed , but while Judith regularly took on the air of proprietorship , Andrew never seemed to be much interested . |
| 25 | Last summer , the place took on the air of a cheap seance , with ringing bells and flickering lights . |
| 26 | By this time his fantasies took on the air of medieval barons ' wars . |
| 27 | Before I left the Lock and I was on nights the sirens went one night and this was before they stopped going down the shelter we went down the air raid shelter that is , now , is the cellar to the club at Bloxwich Lock 's club ! |
| 28 | This involves breathing in the air you have just breathed out . |
| 29 | Along with the nylon balloon itself , the company also supplies components such as willow-and-cane baskets , burners to heat up the air inside the balloon , gas cylinders and control valves . |
| 30 | Going through to the kitchen , she made herself a hot drink , and carried it into the room where the fire was at last beginning to heat up the air a little . |