Example sentences of "was silent [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Evelyn was silent for a long time afterwards .
2 He was silent for a long time .
3 Creggan was silent for a long time .
4 Campbell put his face in his hands , and was silent for a long time .
5 Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time .
6 He was silent for a long time , then he blew out a long stream of smoke and turned his head towards her .
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