Example sentences of "[adv prt] into the [adj] air " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dragging it open , Grant stepped quickly through into the clear air beyond and pulled the heavy door shut behind him , blotting out the smoke and heat . |
| 2 | That day the bones of the brother of my mother who went to the bottom of the sea will rise up through the green waters , and when they meet the air they will take on his flesh again , and he will swim far up into the endless air and he will meet the old man , free of his dust walking in the air , and my mother flying , and me flying , and I will be laughing . |
| 3 | There were no trees and the nearest defining hedge was a quarter of a mile away , beyond a desert of sugar beet , its squat green leaves hugging the soil as though unwilling to risk rising up into the wide air . |
| 4 | He could see the Tientsin clearly through the transparent walls of the car , its underbelly glowing , great wreaths of mist swirling up into the cold air overhead . |
| 5 | Theodora stepped out into the warm air of the late summer evening . |
| 6 | After loud good nights and thanks to Squeaky , the four of them finally staggered out into the cool air of late evening . |
| 7 | But once they had stepped out into the cool air , paradoxically , the noise seemed muted , the sea no more than a distant roar . |
| 8 | The long yellow stamens of their red flowers spit out into the hot air , searching for the least drop of moisture . |
| 9 | She swung the door open and stepped out into the cold air . |
| 10 | The wards were crowded and even in mid-winter very sick babies had to be wheeled out into the open air to get from one part of the hospital to another . |
| 11 | Vic passes through the glazed porch and out into the open air . |
| 12 | Allen picked up the sack and slung it over his shoulder and they all three went out into the open air . |
| 13 | They passed through another set of doors and out into the open air . |
| 14 | Stepping high in the light gravity and brandishing the bag before her , she ploughed her way out into the open air . |
| 15 | She wanted to rush to the door and get out into the open air again before she suffocated . |
| 16 | ‘ Out into the fresh air . |
| 17 | You ought to get out into the fresh air like Enfield and me … |
| 18 | She had to get out into the fresh air . |
| 19 | I said , ‘ Aye , ’ just in case they were , then felt myself being led out into the fresh air through the fire exit . |
| 20 | He also had to watch out for the bears that pounced on you if you stepped on the lines in the pavement , and the killer bats that hung upside down in the shadows under the roof of the railway arch , and the rats that came out of the cracks in the brickwork and infected you with their deadly diseases simply by breathing out into the same air that you breathed in . |
| 21 | There had been a heaviness in the air on the Robemaker 's approach those other times ; a cold , greasy feel , as if thick , oily fog had swirled out into the clean air . |
| 22 | Jacob 's demand for a blessing is only what we would expect , and yet it prepares us for the turning point in the story , which follows immediately afterwards , and takes us back into the clearer air of the larger narrative . |