Example sentences of "[adv prt] in the air in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cried , jumping up in the air in amazement . |
| 2 | Place your other arm on the floor for support and lift your leg up in the air in a scissors action . |
| 3 | I smiled broadly at Pointy-Beard and yelled ‘ Catch ! ’ as I threw the bags up in the air in front of his face . |
| 4 | The non-assertive character of the first three is quite obvious : the conditional clause leaves the actualization of dare up in the air in ( 31 ) ; ( 32 ) implies " she did n't dare ignore him any more than that " ; ( 33 ) is a sort of indignant rhetorical question implying that he should n't have dared take the native 's part against her . |
| 5 | Once , as she was heading towards the gate ( thus walking in the direction opposite to that which Agnes was to take somewhat later , followed by the gaze of her unfortunate schoolfriend ) , the secretary turned , smiled and lifted her arm out in the air in an unexpected gesture , easy and flowing . |
| 6 | He played with a rubber washer that came drifting by , trying to make it spin around in the air in front of his nose . |