Example sentences of "the air and " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I looked up to the air and saw the air in amazement . |
| 2 | British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high . |
| 3 | His hands rose into the air and clenched , as though he was wrestling a bullock by its horns . |
| 4 | She grabbed Steve 's sleeve , their eyes in unison watched the ball sail through the air and high over the net . |
| 5 | The air and distance weave such burning |
| 6 | When we talked it was like two people playing with a ball : sometimes it went into the goal , sometimes it grazed the post , but most of the time it went high in the air and missed completely . |
| 7 | We push ourselves higher and higher into the air and our shoes fall from our feet on to the concrete below us . |
| 8 | It should only include items which increase tension as in Romeo and Juliet or give rise to more fun and happiness as in La Fille Mal Gardée , or enhance the general mood as in A Month in the Country where there is romance in the air and also a general feeling of frustration . |
| 9 | Despite the general activities there is menace in the air and it is not long before the rival factions of Montagues and Capulets are fighting and deaths occurring before the lovers even meet . |
| 10 | I rolled on my back , stuck my legs in the air and laughed . |
| 11 | ‘ Think how long BBC2 and Channel 4 have been on the air and they still have barely 10 per cent of the British audience . |
| 12 | He spoke of the way Britain failed to take care of the environment and lamented the creeping of towns and the vanishing of the fields and hedgerows , not so much because of the animals as because of the air and the nature of man and the liberty of the soul . |
| 13 | Most of the glass had been removed , but the dirt had not , clouding the air and deadening the surfaces . |
| 14 | The use of a supercharger to compress the air and fuel mixture is hardly new : the concept is almost as old as the motor car itself . |
| 15 | With its occupants pushed firmly back into their seats , the Turbo R thumped a hole in the air and lunged for the far horizon , covering the quarter-mile in a staggering 14.8secs on the way . |
| 16 | B — can not get loose and seems to be choking and the crowd are on their feet yelling and waving their hands — the referee helped by both seconds manages to extricate B — but P — grabs him , a quick aeroplane spin , gets him with his left hand round the shoulder , right hand through his left , swings him three times round in the air and pins him with his shoulders on the floor for the count of three . |
| 17 | because it takes nitrogen from the air and puts it back into the soil |
| 18 | Smarting from the coup attempt , in which her official residence was bombed from the air and the capital 's financial heart seized for five days , Mrs Aquino came swinging back yesterday . |
| 19 | From a distance I have managed to see something of their spectacular courtship frolics that take place both on the ground and in the air and I have listened to their songs which , though not rich in melody , seem just right for a world of cliffs and screes . |
| 20 | ‘ In a side street , not far from the burning Palace of Justice , yet out of the way , stood a man , sharply distinguished from the crowd , flailing his hands in the air and moaning over and over again : ‘ The files are burning ! |
| 21 | Around 3,500 of Britain 's industrial processes will have to be justified to the inspectorate for the pollution they put into the environment on land , into the air and into water . |
| 22 | He insisted , quite reasonably , that one basic airframe should be used to meet both the Air and Naval Staff requirements for a strike/reconnaissance aircraft . |
| 23 | Suddenly with a tremendous stroke an old man close by threw a tiny fish up in the air and down it fell . |
| 24 | Jack fired into the air and the dog left off chasing the sheep and ran towards the wood . |
| 25 | She put her nose in the air and sniffed . |
| 26 | As I watched , the big window at the front of the caravan shattered — and the Curse flew through the air and fell onto Rodney , who screeched with outrage . |
| 27 | Now the heady scent of Californian Poppy filled the air and pushed the stale damp smell of the boy 's unwashed clothes back against his body . |
| 28 | He heard Lady whine her disappointment as the taller , quicker dog snapped another piece of Frankie 's sandwich from the air and swallowed it in a single gulp . |
| 29 | He flinched as Sweetheart lifted her hands in the air and let them fall back into her lap with a sigh of exasperation . |
| 30 | There was a smell of coffee in the air and a feeling that every room had only just been vacated by somebody . |