Example sentences of "[vb past] on [art] air of " in BNC.
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1 | He was of medium height , with dark hair and handsome expressive features which later took on an air of rather gloomy abstraction . |
2 | He leered at her , then almost immediately his face took on an air of concern . |
3 | Her eyes widened as she took on an air of great sadness . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | They were regarded as betrothed , but while Judith regularly took on the air of proprietorship , Andrew never seemed to be much interested . |
6 | Last summer , the place took on the air of a cheap seance , with ringing bells and flickering lights . |
7 | By this time his fantasies took on the air of medieval barons ' wars . |