1.   A dead silence greeted this unusual flow of words from Mr van der Luyden.

2.   But the question was met by dead silence.

3.   In dead silence Harley surveyed his putt and Jefferson took up his usual position beside the pin.

4.   The dead silence made contact impossible.

5.   The dead silence was broken only by a regular drip, drip, drip.

6.   Then there was a dead silence.

7.   There was a gasp from Peter and then a dead silence.

8.   There was only the sound of their own firing, then a dead silence.

9.   We all sat waiting in dead silence.

10.   They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces.