Example sentences of "was quiet for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was quiet for a moment . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The garden was quiet for a moment . |
| 4 | So when the espresso machine was quiet for a moment , she leaned over to catch the attention of the man in the Aquascutum raincoat . |
| 5 | Zeinab was quiet for a moment or two . |
| 6 | So , with the death of Ferdinand all was quiet for a time . |
| 7 | She was quiet for a time and when she spoke again her manner was more confiding . |