Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] through the air " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman dropped the credits where he could n't catch them ; the thin plastic chips feathered down through the air and Mijnheer scrabbled after them , his dignity in shreds . |
| 2 | Dewlike drops of moisture formed on the dry grass , and rose upward through the air as if powered by the jolts in our chest . |
| 3 | In total batting command early in the tour , Gooch had his third successive single-figure score when one which angled in through the air and left him off the pitch induced a nick that Parore tossed high . |
| 4 | Empty chairs with harnesses swung violently through the air , high above people 's heads . |
| 5 | He could feel his heart thumping against his chest as the Bookman leapt gracefully through the air from shelf to shelf , across the library . |
| 6 | Dot felt the room lurch away , while the milk jug with its bead-decorated muslin cover , the fly-paper dangling from the lamp above the table , the rosy faces of the gathered people flew round through the air . |
| 7 | When he writes of prayer , he compares it with ‘ a lark rising from his bed of grass and soaring upwards , singing as he rises , and hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ’ , and so the lark continues through clause after clause , buffeted by storms from which it takes refuge , until finally ‘ it did rise and sing , as if it had learned music and motion from an angel as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministries here below ’ . |
| 8 | The blade hissed coldly through the air beside his head and entered the rock of the cavern roof without slowing . |
| 9 | I felt my noes were more final ; my hand chopped firmly through the air , my head turned away . |