Example sentences of "after a long silence " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a long silence the mother said , ‘ That was a bit of a surprise visit . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It was so untimely , ’ the Commander said passionately after a long silence , ‘ so very untimely . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Did you ever take drugs ? ’ the senator asked me after a long silence . |
| 4 | ‘ Now take this meatloaf , boys , ’ her father announced after a long silence , for no-one talked unless directly addressed by the head of the family . |
| 5 | ‘ You feel safer at home than what you do further away , ’ she said after a long silence , addressing no one . |
| 6 | And it is hard not to think of one 's own horror at some of the things that the Irgun and Stern Gang are doing in Palestine , for instance , ’ David said after a long silence . |
| 7 | ‘ We should never have come , ’ she muttered after a long silence , ‘ and if I had my way , we 'd leave here tomorrow . |
| 8 | After a long silence I said , ‘ Please ask a maid to show me my bedroom . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's so soft , ’ Carolyn said after a long silence . |
| 10 | After a long silence , he pointed to a large house standing at the end of a long drive . |