Example sentences of "[vb past] the [adj] air [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never met the young air force crew , never even saw them , yet he has never forgotten them either . |
| 2 | California , which was exempt from the federal ruling that no state could adopt emission standards for new vehicles more stringent than the federal ones , passed the Pure Air Act of 1968 , which contained explicit emission standards for hydrocarbons , carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen for post-1970 new vehicles . |
| 3 | They 're all covered with smoke and grime left over from before they passed the Clean Air Bill , and the only place that might once have looked good is the Methodist Chapel at Southwark that 's been taken over by Fundamentalists . |
| 4 | On 2nd November 1964 , North Vietnam attacked the American air base at Bien Hoa . |
| 5 | He joined the Royal Air Force during the war , after which he settled in London . |
| 6 | It shelved the Clean Air Bill in 1987 , but will tackle some problems in forthcoming Environmental Protection Bill . |
| 7 | He listened to the traffic , felt the warm air slip by , moved his portfolio from one hand to the other , and thought of her . |
| 8 | He pulled it off and felt the cold air bite into his hot skin , his scanty hair standing up and waving gently in the breeze . |
| 9 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess . |
| 10 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them . |
| 11 | The last man reached the fresh air base at 12.05 a.m. on Sunday , 10th September , and soon afterwards , all of them had been brought to the surface . |
| 12 | In that moment she knew the lovely air hostess had been someone special in his life . |
| 13 | An Opposition spokesman , the hon. Member for Dewsbury ( Mrs. Taylor ) , said at Labour 's party conference that Labour introduced the Clean Air Act 1956 . |
| 14 | The 4 pc compared with the 7 pc increase in the number of seats supplied , said the International Air Transport Association . |
| 15 | Mr Shevardnadze said the Russian air force Sukhoi Su-27 plane was shot down early yesterday by Georgian troops as it flew over positions near Sukhumi , controlled by government forces . |
| 16 | Once we stepped outside the seclusion of our HQ , however , it was a different story — we had the American Air Force to deal with . |