Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] into the air " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the two sections of the bridge rose majestically into the air somehow it felt as if he had arranged it especially for her . |
| 2 | As this rose vertically into the air , the nuees rolled away sideways from its base , and down the flanks of the volcano . |
| 3 | The bullet punched through armour plate , the tank exploded , and the arvee rose up into the air in a whirl of flame . |
| 4 | The sound was so alarming that the ducks on the lake enclosure opposite rose up into the air in sudden flight . |
| 5 | Nothing was left but a clearing in the forest and a flock of doves who rose up into the air , wheeled round , and flew off . |
| 6 | The bubble , that frail bubble which had seemed to float above us , invisible symbol of the understanding and trust which was to have helped us to live together , shuddered and sank ; then bravely rose again into the air , though not now quite as high as before . |
| 7 | I came up into the air gasping deeply , panting , aching lungs swelling , feeling a rush of suppressed terror , clinging onto the curtain in a shaky state . |
| 8 | Then they exploded noisily into the air right in front of you , wheeled round in great , sweeping circles , crying their alarm calls , and settled again when you had passed . |
| 9 | A steep tunnel led up into the air . |
| 10 | Her chin stuck up into the air . |
| 11 | ‘ Your choice , ’ Liston reminded her as she stepped out into the air . |
| 12 | Magnus and the Alsatian were chasing pigeons ; the overfed birds swung heavily into the air . |
| 13 | I managed to roll clear just as it flew off into the air , never to be seen again . |
| 14 | So just at the last moment as the ladder began to sweep that way I just pushed as er hard as I could in the air , and the wardrobe flew up into the air in that direction , the ladder flew off in that direction , I flew off in this direction |
| 15 | It leapt back into the air with an explosive flutter of wing and tail , warbling consternation , signalling alarm . |
| 16 | He waved at us as we passed and then , noticing something , gesticulated wildly into the air . |
| 17 | Green blood spurted wildly into the air , much of it landing into the stew pot where it fizzed and crackled like little gun shots . |
| 18 | When he did we all jumped up into the air . |
| 19 | It was then hoisted aboard , refuelled and serviced and finally catapulted back into the air again ] . |
| 20 | Several more sheep jumped wildly into the air , their stomachs horribly swollen and their muscles stiff , then died . |