Example sentences of "[art] long silence [that] " in BNC.

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1 Tom was annoyed at the long silence that followed and was just about to say something when he caught sight of Willie 's face .
2 The long silence that followed would become a familiar feature of night raids filled with uncertainty and pregnant with disaster .
3 In the long silence that followed , the solemn ticking of the clock seemed very loud indeed .
4 In the long silence that followed , Katherine looked at her son closely , realizing — for the first time — that whatever chances she had had of keeping him , had just disappeared .
5 In the long silence that stretched between them she could almost hear her heart pounding like a sledge-hammer in her chest .
6 In the long silence that followed Paige concentrated on the tangles in her hair .
7 There was such a long silence that he looked up from his plate .
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