Example sentences of "quiet for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waterlife Research Industries ' series of Ghost Air Pumps cost between and , offer high outputs for the price and claim to be the quietest for the money . |
| 2 | I 'd escape ; do an Eric so I could find somewhere nice and quiet for a piss . |
| 3 | Be quiet for a minute . |
| 4 | ‘ Ken , will you please be quiet for a minute and listen to what Rachel has to say ? ’ his wife rounded on him sharply . |
| 5 | Alright , I can open this up , I got the little box , there you are , just a minute and , oh Charlotte , oh you are a menace , there you are , now you be quiet for a minute will you ? |
| 6 | ‘ She went quiet for a bit . |
| 7 | It went quiet for a while , then we were both rescued by a knock on the door . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Hugh and lay quiet for a while . |
| 9 | Philippa sat quiet for a while . |
| 10 | She thought she would probably always wake before him , and lie quiet for a while , just being happy . |
| 11 | He sat quiet for a while . |
| 12 | When she 'd finished she said she needed some peace and quiet for a while . |
| 13 | They were both quiet for a while , then Merrill said , ‘ And Luke — he knew about you and Elise ? |
| 14 | He is quiet for a while . |
| 15 | Somebody stayed in my room all night and , whether it was my father , Diggs or anybody else , I kept them and me awake all night by lying quiet for a while , feigning sleep , then screaming with all my might and falling out of bed to thrash about on the floor . |
| 16 | " Why don t you just be quiet for a while ? " |
| 17 | Chris could come along with them , suitably subdued by the scholastic environment , Louise hoped , to be quiet for a while . |
| 18 | The police come along and things go quiet for a couple of months but then they come back again . ’ |
| 19 | The food industry has been rather quiet for a couple of years but we have recently finished a Jaffa cake plant for McVities/United Biscuits in Manchester and a sugar refining job for Tate & Lyle . |
| 20 | The Chief had been quiet for a kilometre or two . |
| 21 | I was quiet for a moment . |
| 22 | Jinny stood very quiet for a moment , with a fist pressed to her mouth . |
| 23 | So I said : ‘ If you will just be quiet for a moment , I 'll have a go . ’ |
| 24 | Mum went quiet for a moment but then she started on Mary again . |
| 25 | And if there was a gap in the traffic and all was quiet for a moment , you might hear all sorts of weird twitterings , squawks , toowoos , cheeps and hoots . |
| 26 | The garden was quiet for a moment . |
| 27 | ‘ Will you be quiet for a moment ? ’ |
| 28 | So when the espresso machine was quiet for a moment , she leaned over to catch the attention of the man in the Aquascutum raincoat . |
| 29 | ‘ So , just sit quiet for a moment , there 's a good girl , and then I 'll make us a cup of tea . ’ |
| 30 | She swung her legs over the side of the sofa , which reduced her defiance to mere childishness , alas , since her head began to swim dreadfully , and also caused him to say impatiently — he really ought to meet Mama , at least he would agree with her — ‘ Oh , do be quiet for a moment , madam . |