Example sentences of "[adj] minute ' silence " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray . |
| 2 | K. Peacock , of Belgrave Terrace , Hurworth Place , Darlington , remembers the whole class stood for a few minutes ' silence when told the news at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School . |
| 3 | the convictions of ( 1 ) the person who took off his clothes in one of the fountains in Trafalgar Square ; ( 2 ) the persons who shouted ‘ Remember Biafra ’ during the two minutes ' silence at the 1969 Remembrance Day ceremony in Whitehall ; and ( 3 ) the person who painted the word ‘ Jews ’ in two foot high letters on the garden wall of a house occupied by a Jewish family , the father of whom had been a prisoner at Dachau . |
| 4 | At that hour , right across America , all airports ceased operations for two minutes ' silence . |
| 5 | The Indian team observed two minutes ' silence before the Perth Test . |