Example sentences of "[be] silent [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking back to the hotel , Rozanov and I were silent for a long time . |
| 2 | They were silent for a long time . |
| 3 | If a contract is silent on a particular matter , judges will usually imply terms and try to give the contract business efficacy . |
| 4 | She was silent for a long while , searching his face for a way forward , but it was shuttered and empty , all emotion banished . |
| 5 | Evelyn was silent for a long time afterwards . |
| 6 | He was silent for a long time . |
| 7 | Creggan was silent for a long time . |
| 8 | Campbell put his face in his hands , and was silent for a long time . |
| 9 | Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time . |
| 10 | He was silent for a long time , then he blew out a long stream of smoke and turned his head towards her . |
| 11 | He was silent for a long moment then said : ‘ It may be our only hope . |
| 12 | Rachel was silent for a long moment , her face pale . |
| 13 | He was silent for a few moments , then he raised his head , took a couple of gulps of tea and remarked very slowly , Jesus Christ , Piper , you must be bloody bomb happy ! |
| 14 | Harris was silent for a few moments , regarding Manville quizzically . |
| 15 | Beckett was silent for a few moments . |
| 16 | Talbot was silent for a few minutes . |
| 17 | Anne was silent for a few minutes . |
| 18 | The crowded church was silent for a few seconds at these words no citizen of Decin had ever heard before . |
| 19 | Margaret was silent for a few seconds . |
| 20 | Wilkins even argued that where Scripture was silent on a given issue — the plurality of worlds , for example — this was license to consider the possibility , not to exclude it . |