Example sentences of "silent [prep] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Talbot was silent for a few minutes .
2 Anne was silent for a few minutes .
3 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 !
4 Harris was silent for a few moments , regarding Manville quizzically .
5 Beckett was silent for a few moments .
6 He fell silent for a few moments , shredding the paper that had wrapped his sugar cube .
7 They fell silent for a few moments as they drank their tea .
8 The crowded church was silent for a few seconds at these words no citizen of Decin had ever heard before .
9 Margaret was silent for a few seconds .
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