Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] long silence " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a long silence . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | There was a long silence , such as falls over a saloon bar in a Western at moments of confrontation . |
| 4 | There was a long silence and they lay absolutely still and grew cold together in the draught coming in under the closed door . |
| 5 | There was a long silence again . |
| 6 | There was a long silence , that is long for a consulting room with a queue waiting outside , then my surgeon gave the hint of a smile and said , very quietly , ‘ Strange things happen . ’ |
| 7 | There was a long silence — what I think might be called a pregnant pause . |
| 8 | There was a long silence before the Trapper replied . |
| 9 | There was a long silence , then someone said , ‘ Pull the other one ! ’ |
| 10 | Eventually the ground seemed to stabilize and there was a long silence during which the mist curled slowly upwards . |
| 11 | There was a long silence . |
| 12 | There was a long silence . |
| 13 | There was a long silence when the tape recorder was switched off . |
| 14 | There was a long silence , during which the maid offered her a muffin from under a silver dish . |
| 15 | There was a long silence , during which he decided to leave this unpromising subject . |
| 16 | There was a long silence . |
| 17 | There was a long silence , as if he were so fixed in despair he could n't speak . |
| 18 | There was a long silence . |
| 19 | Instead of opening it , he called out after a moment : " Who there ? " and when I answered , there was a long silence which alarmed me . |
| 20 | There was a long silence . |
| 21 | There was a long silence then and Creggan waited , not sure what to do or say . |
| 22 | There was a long silence . |
| 23 | There was a long silence . |
| 24 | ( There was a long silence then . ) |
| 25 | There was a long silence as Dodson and I looked in surprise at the farmer who continued to gaze fixedly at the cow . |
| 26 | There was a long silence . |
| 27 | There was a long silence between them . |
| 28 | There was a long silence , Rodriguez sitting there , dumb . |
| 29 | There was a long silence , night closing in fast . |
| 30 | There was a long silence . |