Example sentences of "[verb] on the [adj] air " in BNC.

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1 The heavy rain had subsided during the morning , but the pavements were still wet underfoot and a fine haze of moisture hung on the wintry air .
2 When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye .
3 A glimpse of rough woodland carpeted with bluebells and wild garlic could be seen beyond a daisy-sprinkled lawn ; a wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees ; voices carried on the still air .
4 Her voice carried on the still air .
5 They heard the horn again , the sound of hounds carried on the still air .
6 I heard the sound of voices carried on the thin air .
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