Example sentences of "an air of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard was running towards her , dodging between the legs of many passing travellers , a broad grin lighting his face and an air of excitement about him . |
| 2 | There was an air of excitement about Lady Merchiston for which her companion was quite unable to account . |
| 3 | There was an air of excitement among passengers and crew joining the train . |
| 4 | The US Federal Trade Commission 's investigation of Microsoft Corp has had an air of unreality about it , with few people imagining that it will come to anything very much or lead to any significant change in the market , but now that the thing may be coming to a climax , what are the possible outcomes ? |
| 5 | This approach has , to my mind , lent an air of unreality to some of the arguments addressed to the court . |
| 6 | He was relaxed , yet there was an air of dominance about him , of dynamism kept in check . |
| 7 | There was such an air of hopelessness about the place . |
| 8 | There was an air of expectancy around them as Professor St John Goth ascended the platform in his slow , deliberate way . |
| 9 | For Aquarius , There 's an air of misinformation about . |
| 10 | I 've taken over the last few months when we 've done our sales training here , talking to certainly on advanced sales skills courses and so on , I 've tried to bring an air of realism to their world . |
| 11 | Even the Poorhouse had an air of prosperity about it . |
| 12 | There appears to be an air of condescension towards those who refuse to recognise Shakespeare 's universality , as though they were a peculiar sect within the broad church of liberalism . |
| 13 | The way he was regarding her was hardly encouraging , but she persevered , trying to bring an air of insouciance to her voice . |
| 14 | Editor , — Richard Smith 's editorial on academic medicine touched off an air of discontent within me . |
| 15 | It 's a shame that it 's now become part of a genre rather than the opening salvo it might have been , since Juice now has an air of predictability about it . |
| 16 | Yeremi and Biff eyed one another , and Lexandro , remembering their previous savage encounter ; while Lexandro himself assumed an air of disdain at the presence of two such … companions . |
| 17 | Despite his casual dress of jeans and shirt , there was still an air of sophistication about him that was in sharp variance to those around him , and she cursed Donal again for his stupid sense of humour because it now put her in the most ridiculous position . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , they looked like dragons , ’ said Twoflower , an air of defiance about him . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | All of this it seemed might make the Prince less unacceptable to France and so would give the candidacy an air of reasonableness to the rest of Europe . |
| 21 | The empty rooms echoed and there was an air of desolation about the whole place . |
| 22 | His fine linen shirt lent an air of truth to his words . |
| 23 | There was always an air of mystery about Browne , and he departed in 1926 amid hints of unsavouriness . |
| 24 | He was a tall , handsome man who had an air of confidence about him . |
| 25 | A development study on the Cardwell Bay site commissioned by the local authority a year ago concluded : ‘ While the outlook from the bay at Gourock is a significant asset on a national scale , there is also an air of neglect in the area . ’ |
| 26 | The use of his name and his connection with the area , particularly with the Physic Garden and also his reputation abroad , lent an air of authority to these pieces of china — as no doubt Mr Sprimont , the astute manager of the factory appreciated . |
| 27 | Montgomery had expected an air of authority from this venerable man , who had spent most of his seventy-odd years lecturing students , but Aubrey St John Goth seemed distant , distracted , his grey eyes veiled by a deep sadness . |
| 28 | Just four years after Charles 's death , Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims , who had been an important political figure throughout Charles 's reign ( though not consistently close to him ) , wrote a treatise , The Government of the Palace , for the young King Carloman , Charles 's grandson , and lent it an air of authority by claiming to incorporate the work of Abbot Adalard of Corbie , who had died nearly sixty years before . |
| 29 | There is an air of class about the whole scheme . |
| 30 | There was an air of concentration around the board now that the lesser players had been removed from the Game . |