Example sentences of "a long silence [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a long silence while Alyssia assimilated this information . |
| 2 | There was a long silence while he read . |
| 3 | There was a long silence while Silas stared at the table . |
| 4 | There was such a long silence that he looked up from his plate . |
| 5 | There was quite a long silence before she said , ‘ May I tell you a story ? ’ |
| 6 | There was a long silence before Ipuky continued , ‘ What is said about me should not concern you . |
| 7 | There was a long silence when the tape recorder was switched off . |
| 8 | There was a long silence as Dodson and I looked in surprise at the farmer who continued to gaze fixedly at the cow . |
| 9 | There was a long silence as Merrill fought a desire to drop the subject which had goaded her ever since Elise died . |
| 10 | There was a long silence and then he said with just a trace of a smile : ‘ I am a sculptor , I am an old man and I am a Jew . ’ |
| 11 | There was a long silence and they lay absolutely still and grew cold together in the draught coming in under the closed door . |
| 12 | There was always a long silence and I could see people thinking , ‘ Oh my God , this guy has lost it , big time . ' ’ |
| 13 | There was a long silence and then she heard a shuffling sound . |
| 14 | There was a long silence and then a deep sigh from Fernando and when he spoke again his voice was soft and almost at the point of exhaustion . |
| 15 | There was a long silence until Helen spoke . |