Example sentences of "with an air [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cheers ! ’ he said , upending his glass with an air of defiance and swallowing most of its contents in one gulp . |
| 2 | In the early seventies I worked in Bergen in Germany , which had been the site of the Belsen concentration camp , and the whole place was heavy with an air of misery , fear and evil . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This material will be attractive , serious but with an air of fun and festivity as well . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not sure , ’ he admitted , with an air of confession . |
| 6 | With an air of determination , she straightened her shoulders and put up her chin . |
| 7 | Hope eavesdropped through the formalities , re-grouped and entered with an air of weariness which lifted instantly at the sight of Miss D'Arcy . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's a man here , ’ Ma said with an air of wonder , ‘ been down a pothole for one hundred and thirteen days . |
| 9 | She returned a few minutes later with an air of triumph , waving a folded map . |
| 10 | ‘ You see ? ’ said Donald , with an air of triumph , ‘ you see ? |
| 11 | ‘ There 's never been a great woman composer , ’ said my mother with an air of triumph , not because she delighted in this deficiency of her sex , but because she thought it percipient to have noticed . |
| 12 | ‘ London , ’ he told her , staring at her with an air of triumph . |
| 13 | ‘ I had a splendid time in London , ’ he added , with an air of triumph . |
| 14 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm a Duke , ’ said the Duke with an air of gravity . |
| 17 | She looked at him with an air of apology . |
| 18 | She stubbed out her cigarette with an air of decision and sat down on the bed , leaning back against the plumped pillows . |
| 19 | An excited buzz went through the audience , they giggled conspiratorially and settled back to wait with an air of expectancy . |
| 20 | Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order . |
| 21 | I said I wanted him to meet my Somerville friend , who , with a fellow-student , was by pre-arrangement sitting on an inner windowsill , from which with an air of spontaneity I was able to summon them down . |
| 22 | His face assumed an expression of sublime conceit , and once more he leaned forward with an air of confidentiality : ‘ I 've married again since then , of course married often . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ How do you know that ? ’ she asked with an air of surprise . |
| 24 | When I see those beautiful scenes in Armide or Thésée roll on wonderfully with an air of fullness and ease in the same key , I can not help exclaiming : how could that single key contain so many lovely things ? |
| 25 | Duncan buried himself in the paper and with an air of finality he said , — Well I 've got my job here and I 'm happy with it . |
| 26 | She smacked her lips with an air of finality and rummaged for her pipe . |
| 27 | ‘ We know our enemies , ’ Li Yuan said , with an air of finality . |
| 28 | He finished his drink , drained it , Penelope thought , ‘ with an air of finality ’ , like a character in a novel . |
| 29 | She said this with an air of finality as though the subject was closed . |
| 30 | She was beautiful , with an air of fragility which , for all she suspected it hid a character as hard as nails , yet was guaranteed to bring out the male protective instinct . |