Example sentences of "silent for a long " in BNC.

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1 Walking back to the hotel , Rozanov and I were silent for a long time .
2 Evelyn was silent for a long time afterwards .
3 He was silent for a long time .
4 When someone 's silent for a long time , ask them for an opinion .
5 He was silent for a long moment then said : ‘ It may be our only hope .
6 He remained silent for a long time , staring at Emily as though summing her up .
7 Creggan was silent for a long time .
8 He sat silent for a long moment , recollecting how the past few years had dealt with Donata Blount and her family .
9 The intrusive Boswell then took another liberty — ; that of pointing out to Johnson ‘ that he very often sat quite silent for a long time , even when in company with only a single friend ’ , at which Johnson reminded Boswell of an acquaintance who had once observed , ‘ Sir , you are like a ghost : you never speak till you are spoken to . ’
10 Campbell put his face in his hands , and was silent for a long time .
11 They were silent for a long time .
12 Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time .
13 He sat silent for a long moment , considering her soberly from beneath knitted brows .
14 She was silent for a long while , searching his face for a way forward , but it was shuttered and empty , all emotion banished .
15 He was silent for a long time , then he blew out a long stream of smoke and turned his head towards her .
16 Rachel was silent for a long moment , her face pale .
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