Example sentences of "quiet for [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was quiet for a long while , and the snow blew against his huddled body , piling up . |
| 2 | The two girls were quiet for a long time after the door closed ; then suddenly , unaccountably , they started to push one another , boisterously mimicking Moran : ‘ God , O God , what did I do to deserve such a crowd ? |
| 3 | You 've been very quiet for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He kept quiet for a long time working out how long soap could keep for , then he just said , ‘ Well , we 'll have to sell the things . ’ |
| 5 | They were both quiet for a long time both thinking much the same thing : was such a pretence a way of beginning or would it destroy the might have-been ? |