Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on the air " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as soon as the animal sits down , a photoelectric cell switches on the air stream , so stopping the pig from getting cold . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Last summer , the place took on the air of a cheap seance , with ringing bells and flickering lights . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The smell of freshly-fried falafels hung on the air , reminding Huy that he had not yet breakfasted . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | By this time his fantasies took on the air of medieval barons ' wars . |
| 9 | As an infection carried on the air and in milk , diphtheria was not much affected by changes in living standards . |
| 10 | In the yew trees nearby , birds sang and the hum of traffic and smell of exhaust fumes carried on the air . |