Example sentences of "[vb past] on [art] air [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could have added : ‘ least of all with you ’ and it seemed to her that the words , unspoken , hung on the air between them . |
| 2 | He was of medium height , with dark hair and handsome expressive features which later took on an air of rather gloomy abstraction . |
| 3 | He leered at her , then almost immediately his face took on an air of concern . |
| 4 | Her eyes widened as she took on an air of great sadness . |
| 5 | But as Sara White discovered , the re-enactment took on an air of reality with some twenty-five soldiers injured and seven taken to hospital . |
| 6 | They were regarded as betrothed , but while Judith regularly took on the air of proprietorship , Andrew never seemed to be much interested . |
| 7 | Last summer , the place took on the air of a cheap seance , with ringing bells and flickering lights . |
| 8 | By this time his fantasies took on the air of medieval barons ' wars . |