Example sentences of "a [adj] silence " in BNC.
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| 1 | A moody silence descended between brother and sister , and after a judicious interval , Belinda painted a smile on her face and joined them , hoping her cheeks were not as flushed as they felt . |
| 2 | For a while there was a friendly silence between them , then Mr Bumble moved his chair closer to the widow 's . |
| 3 | No small talk , but a friendly silence . |
| 4 | We sat in silence for a while , but a friendly silence . |
| 5 | First there was a vague lightening of the sky ahead , then the drumming of the rain was less persistent , the lesser darkness in the heavens spread until it was over them , they could distinguish the greater irregularities of the ground , the last few drops of rain splashed down and a blissful silence spread around them broken only by the sibillations of the water draining away among the rocks and the splash of their sodden feet . |
| 6 | He noticed too that for the first time since he had arrived at the Cages there was a total silence , as if all the eagles , and all the imprisoned creatures thereabout had instinctively understood that this old eagle 's troubled painful words marked an end to a terrible life ; and perhaps in some strange way the beginning of something none dared hope might come to pass . |
| 7 | There was a total silence in the house , and the room was full of moonlight . |
| 8 | There was a total silence but for the symphonic range of slurpings and splutterings with which Francie accompanied porridge . |
| 9 | ’ There was a total silence , interrupted by Hyacinth who smoothed down her skirt , grabbed her coat , and peevishly demanded , ‘ Where 's my chocolate teddy bear and my new knickers ? ’ |
| 10 | At that moment his secretary came into the room with two cups of coffee , which she distributed in a pregnant silence , shooting curious , covert glances at each of them . |
| 11 | He kept a tantalizing silence until she prodded him to say what he was looking for . |
| 12 | After they had gone a complete silence that only reflected itself settled down like lead and was broken only by the sound of Moran removing his boots to go to bed early . |
| 13 | There was a loud silence from the authorities in Brent . |
| 14 | The lift was an elegant gilded birdcage in which they were borne slowly upwards in a repressive silence . |
| 15 | She gathered up her belongings in a strained silence , and left the room . |
| 16 | There was a strained silence . |
| 17 | There was a strange silence about the room that puzzled him . |
| 18 | A STRANGE silence from the Government — the people who brought you the Spycatcher saga — as a book goes into print , giving the inside story of security activities and assorted hanky-panky in Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | A strange silence followed , as though the entire forest was listening , waiting . |
| 20 | Then there was a strange silence , as if we 'd come to a full stop , as if he 'd expected me to react in some other way . |
| 21 | Since then there has been a strange silence . |
| 22 | The two of them leapt out of the beached cockboat and strode up past the fishwives , some of whom gave him a " good day " but most of whom preserved a surly silence . |
| 23 | Once they 'd come out of the house , he 'd shaken himself free of the women and had now adopted a surly silence . |
| 24 | But this silent majority maintain a dignified silence , confident in the mature outlook and conservatism that centuries of parliamentary democracy have bequeathed them . |
| 25 | ‘ The Prince had decided the couple should keep a dignified silence , but other members of the Highgrove set decided that was n't good enough , ’ he said . |
| 26 | In the past he has always refused to deny the relationship ‘ on the record ’ and Camilla has also maintained a dignified silence . |
| 27 | The Times , which had hitherto kept a dignified silence on such a distasteful subject , pronounced itself well-pleased with the modified outcome . |
| 28 | She preserved a dignified silence as she gathered up the trailing dressing-gown in one hand and kept the other on the rail attached to the wall on one side of the staircase . |
| 29 | On his ninth birthday , even though he was very young , he could tell there was a funny silence in the house . |
| 30 | And there was a funny silence and Dylan said that he 'd bet I could n't do that scream like that with a cigarette in my mouth and I shook off the centuries , stopped staring , smiled a little , noted that he had indeed monumentally screamed with a cigarette in his mouth and went stunned back to my crossword . ’ |