Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv prt] the air " in BNC.
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1 | Nell pumped up the air , constricting the blood supply , then bled it out again , listening with her stethoscope for the returning pulse . |
2 | Last summer , the place took on the air of a cheap seance , with ringing bells and flickering lights . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Yet a soporific stillness hung about the air , as though the dusty dry land was still enjoying a siesta . |
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 . |