Example sentences of "[verb] with an air of " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , without a Great Detective , or even a lesser detective of the fictional breed , you will find that the clearing up of the mystery , which still must be presented with an air of progress , will be carried out not largely by the processes of ratiocination ( that word invented by Edgar Allan Poe ) but by the duller process of the accumulation of facts , as in real life . |
| 2 | Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order . |
| 3 | On the occasion of my recalling my promise to eat a copy of NSS if Neil Kinnock were to reach Downing Street , Patrick Phelan writes , wondering with an air of innocence , ‘ Is there perhaps one other thing you are hoping no one will remember you promised ? |
| 4 | ‘ You are a clever clerk , ’ she replied with an air of mock innocence . |
| 5 | ‘ I remember the days , ’ he recalls with an air of maturity which seems strangely at odds with his T-shirt and shorts , ‘ I remember the days at Virgin when we had to see three people in the morning and three people in the afternoon , straight off the street . |
| 6 | An excited buzz went through the audience , they giggled conspiratorially and settled back to wait with an air of expectancy . |
| 7 | ‘ How do you know that ? ’ she asked with an air of surprise . |
| 8 | Erm , all speaking with an air of running business , managing finance and er how we have n't managed in the past because this is what , our actual |
| 9 | Hope eavesdropped through the formalities , re-grouped and entered with an air of weariness which lifted instantly at the sight of Miss D'Arcy . |
| 10 | He was leaning against the rail smoking a cigarette and staring with an air of melancholy towards the distant island . |
| 11 | She should be introduced with an air of pride and affection to your friends and neighbours if she does not know them already , accompanied to all the places locally which will be of special interest to her in the future : the public library , the shopping centre , the best places to go for morning coffee , and any small parks where she might like to walk or sit in the fine weather . |
| 12 | It was the taller of the two men and he spoke with an air of authority . |
| 13 | Throughout the incident he spoke with an air of exaggerated outrage and disbelief . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's a man here , ’ Ma said with an air of wonder , ‘ been down a pothole for one hundred and thirteen days . |
| 15 | ‘ All right , ’ he said with an air of resigned patience . |
| 16 | ‘ She knows , ’ the other said with an air of certainty . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I 'll find something to do , ’ he said with an air of practised lewdness . |
| 18 | ‘ The Bishop ’ , she said with an air of subdued triumph , as though she had produced him against all odds . |
| 19 | ‘ The Land Rover broke down on my way back from Norwich , ’ he explained with an air of bewilderment that was so patently false that Hilary gave another reluctant smile . |