Example sentences of "quiet [subord] for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court was quiet except for the scratching of the clerks ' quills as they sat around their green baize-topped table . |
| 2 | The room was quiet except for the hiss of the fire . |
| 3 | There was total quiet except for the crackle of flames . |
| 4 | It was quiet except for the murmur of the highway a mile off . |
| 5 | There were two mortar explosions over by the road , then all was fairly quiet except for the sound of firing away in the distance at the other end of the village , where I had been earlier on in the evening . |
| 6 | The house was quiet except for the sound of carol-singing from the TV set . |