Example sentences of "there [be] silence for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was silence for a moment or two and then , like the voice of doom , Frau Nordern spoke again . |
| 2 | There was silence for a few moments . |
| 3 | There was silence for a moment after the front door too slammed , and then George said carefully , ‘ I would prefer you not to discuss our disagreements with the children . |
| 4 | There was silence for a few seconds and then he said : ‘ And she 's your sister , is she ? ’ |
| 5 | There was silence for a minute . |
| 6 | There was silence for a while . |
| 7 | There was silence for a moment , and then Millie lifted her head as she said , ‘ He … he called me funny name . |
| 8 | There was silence for a moment , then the living-room door opened and Dolly heard him say , ‘ What 's up , Bessie ? ’ |
| 9 | There was silence for a few seconds and then she heard Meredith 's voice : ‘ Not to worry . |
| 10 | There was silence for a few minutes . |
| 11 | There was silence for a few moments . |
| 12 | And there was silence for a quarter of an hour until he picked up his watch , and put the sketch back on the table . |
| 13 | There was silence for a moment . |
| 14 | There was silence for a time , while Fagin thought . |
| 15 | There was silence for a while as Jed ploughed on . |
| 16 | There was silence for a moment as they held each other 's eyes , broken only by the faint sound of dance music from down below . |
| 17 | There was silence for a moment , then he heard the safety-chain being withdrawn and the door opened slightly . |
| 18 | There was silence for a second , only his rapid breathing filling the air . |
| 19 | There was silence for a moment , punctuated only by the grunts and wheezes of the two ancient dames , until Gertrude said : |
| 20 | There was silence for a while . |
| 21 | There was silence for a while . |
| 22 | There was silence for a moment . |
| 23 | There was silence for a moment , and the sounds of the hospital intruded again briefly , then Belinda blurted , ‘ What made you feel that I needed to know about it , Faye ? ’ |
| 24 | If there was silence for the rest of her life she could slake her dreaming thirst with the memory of this laughing , throaty fountain . |
| 25 | There was silence for a while , only the old man 's breathing breaking the stillness with its catching , painful rhythm . |
| 26 | There was silence for a moment . |
| 27 | There was silence for a moment , a silence so deep and intense that she could hear her own heart beating , almost hear the flow of blood rushing through her veins . |
| 28 | There was silence for a moment then Nina murmured an excuse and hurried away , no doubt embarrassed by the turn the conversation had taken . |
| 29 | There was silence for a while . |
| 30 | There was silence for a moment , then he said huskily , ‘ Leonora — look , there 's no easy way to say this , but I hope you 're not full of some quixotic notion about keeping it from me if you find out you 're pregnant . ’ |