Example sentences of "silent for a long time " 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 remained silent for a long time , staring at Emily as though summing her up . |
| 6 | Creggan was silent for a long time . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Campbell put his face in his hands , and was silent for a long time . |
| 9 | They were silent for a long time . |
| 10 | Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time . |
| 11 | He was silent for a long time , then he blew out a long stream of smoke and turned his head towards her . |