Example sentences of "[adv] into the air " in BNC.
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| 1 | The front of the raft would rise alarmingly into the air then dip down as the stern followed over the crest of the wave . |
| 2 | Lie on your back and lift both feet together into the air , keeping your knees straight . |
| 3 | The upslope will increase the loft of the club , sending the ball steeply into the air . |
| 4 | It is a problem which seems curiously common to left-arm spinners , and manifests itself with the bowler either failing to release the ball , or propelling it vertically into the air . |
| 5 | As this rose vertically into the air , the nuees rolled away sideways from its base , and down the flanks of the volcano . |
| 6 | The little boy showed no sign of rising vertically into the air or of summoning seven hundred fiery horsemen from out of the sky . |
| 7 | He slapped her on the shoulder and performed a jubilant hip wiggle before leaping ludicrously into the air with a triumphant clenched-fist salute . |
| 8 | Riven was already thinking of bright hearths and warm beds as they made their way along the summits , following Bicker in single file now , their mounts ' hoofs throwing up bobbles of snow that were swept away into the air as quickly as they were kicked up . |
| 9 | You could pick out individual families : that old Grandma who had fallen asleep in her deckchair , legs apart , showing a formidable pair of bloomers ; the fat baby next to her pushing candy-floss into its chubby face with both hands , trying to find its mouth ; the Dad lying on his back like a stranded whale , great white beer belly rising majestically into the air . |
| 10 | As the two sections of the bridge rose majestically into the air somehow it felt as if he had arranged it especially for her . |
| 11 | And bring your music forth into the air . |
| 12 | Specific mention is made of , among others , the Ignalina nuclear power station , which is badly constructed and lacks proper safety procedures ; the Akmene cement works , which causes respiratory diseases and dermatitis among local people ; the Jonava fertilizer plant , the site of a major accident in 1989 involving the emission of 7,000 tons of ammonia ; and the Mazeikiai oil refinery , which emits 62,000 tons of pollutants , including phenol and acetone , directly into the air every year . |
| 13 | But then her smile twisted as her hand reached out to grasp the form of my costume — and lifted me smoothly into the air , at arms length above her head . |
| 14 | Then they exploded noisily into the air right in front of you , wheeled round in great , sweeping circles , crying their alarm calls , and settled again when you had passed . |
| 15 | He waved at us as we passed and then , noticing something , gesticulated wildly into the air . |
| 16 | Green blood spurted wildly into the air , much of it landing into the stew pot where it fizzed and crackled like little gun shots . |
| 17 | Several more sheep jumped wildly into the air , their stomachs horribly swollen and their muscles stiff , then died . |
| 18 | So a car developing 30 horsepower at 60 miles an hour is releasing some 90 kW of heat continuously into the air . |
| 19 | This machine , a small but powerful catapult , lobs Goblins high into the air , from where they can spy out the land ahead . |
| 20 | Each carries a wand of shining metal which she spins on her fingertips , tosses playfully into the air , and with which she interweaves her body in most intricate gyrations … |
| 21 | The plane rises unsteadily into the air . |
| 22 | Magnus and the Alsatian were chasing pigeons ; the overfed birds swung heavily into the air . |
| 23 | The bubble , that frail bubble which had seemed to float above us , invisible symbol of the understanding and trust which was to have helped us to live together , shuddered and sank ; then bravely rose again into the air , though not now quite as high as before . |
| 24 | Not too far down , because one day , the last day , he will come back again into the air . |