Example sentences of "a breath of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people kneeling around her sighed all together , a breath of wonder that rippled through them . |
| 2 | For some strange reason the image of the corpse of Nicola Sharpe floated up in his mind , and it brought with it a breath of foreboding , a sense that he was in the presence of evil . |
| 3 | He could n't admit to being afraid of a breath of air . |
| 4 | ‘ Leave me get a breath of air , and I 'll do that ! ’ |
| 5 | In the seconds at the bottom when everything had steadied , when there was n't a breath of air , just a strange unreal calm , he rolled over the edge and clawed his way on to the thin rubber bottom of the raft . |
| 6 | Not a wink all night did I get , so I went for a breath of air . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Lee , I have to get a breath of air , ’ she said . |
| 8 | It was healthy too ; the two great arms of piers reached out into the sea and were a regular walking spot for anyone in need of a breath of air or some exercise . |
| 9 | During the previous weeks there had been fine weather , and after a day in the office Paul would keep his mother company in the evenings for a little while , then , as they had nothing to say to one another , he would tell her he was going out for a breath of air . |
| 10 | " It is a bit ; will you open the back door for a few minutes and let in a breath of air ? " |
| 11 | But when I needed a breath of air , or wished to explore Reine , and was out of the attic for an hour or so , leaving him alone there , he became depressed and even a little disagreeable . |
| 12 | Then she felt a breath of air and the creak of the door she had n't altogether shut and which led out to the courtyard . |
| 13 | and a breath of air almost saying something |
| 14 | I want a breath of air . ’ |
| 15 | It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game . |
| 16 | At some time or another most of us will have sat beside the shore of a loch when there 's complete calm and not a breath of air . |
| 17 | It 'll do you good to get a breath of air . |
| 18 | Do let me feel a breath of air from the moors , just one breath ! ’ |
| 19 | Having finished his dinner the candidate retired to the spick and span little room no bigger than a cubbyhole they had placed at his disposal and , when he had put his thoughts and his speeches in good order , stepped out for a breath of air , a short stroll which led him — as he had known it would — to the newly painted door of Odette Adeane . |
| 20 | He was drunk , the window was open , he leant out for a breath of air , he fell : that was the general opinion . ’ |
| 21 | Ramsey presumably leant out for a breath of air . |
| 22 | A breath of air might help . |
| 23 | She had meant only to run up the road for a breath of air when the rain stopped and she had been drawn on into the spring evening until now she had half an hour 's brisk walk to get home . |
| 24 | ‘ I came out here for a breath of air , ’ he said , ‘ but I guess it 's time to go back now . |
| 25 | He planted one foot carefully to stop the door being swung in his face and took a breath of air that was wrongly warm and sour . |
| 26 | Rory , everybody 's up , they 're walking round the house , they 'll come out for a breath of air if they do n't hear you , even . |
| 27 | When I am down in States l or 2 it seems to me that I am always there , with all the flags hanging limp and absolutely still , and not a breath of air moving . |
| 28 | There 'd been yet another cancelled lesson only today and Ronni was feeling even angrier and edgier than ever as , just after lunchtime , she made her way down the garden towards the villa 's private little jetty , a corner she had n't explored before , to try and calm herself with a breath of air . |
| 29 | It was less crowded at the rear of the room and he thought of pausing there , where he could watch la Principessa and still draw a breath of air that was not perfumed half to death , but then he patted the slender cigar in the breast pocket of the dinner-jacket that had been hand-tailored to fit his sinew-hardened body and decided that only a whiff of tobacco would fully cleanse his nostrils of the mix of scents that hung in the over-heated room . |
| 30 | A breath of laughter came from Luke . |