31.   Suddenly silence fell, he said.

32.   Then his voice was suddenly snuffed out, and a silence fell over the slopes of Deer Valley.

33.   Then silence fell on the funeral.

34.   During the procession, silence fell over the crowd of several thousand.

35.   Silence fell as people huddled around radios and cameramen wearing earphones, straining to hear above the thunder of circling news helicopters.

36.   Silence fell, too, at major train stations.

37.   Silence then fell over the square, as people embraced each other, many with tears in their eyes.

38.   Silence fell over the cheering crowd of thousands watching a giant screen outside the Colosseum in Rome.

39.   When Schumacher veered off the track, silence fell over the cheering crowd of thousands watching a giant screen outside the Colosseum in Rome.

40.   An eerie silence fell over the city centre.