Example sentences of "[pron] paused for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had for some reason gone up to M. Dupont 's room and was about to knock , but before doing so , as is my custom , I paused for a second to listen at the door . |
| 2 | I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong . |
| 3 | I paused for a moment , then added : ‘ Why did you come , then ? ’ |
| 4 | I paused for a moment , then added , ‘ Would you mind if I had some pudding ? ’ |
| 5 | I paused for a moment to shout farewell to the driver , but when I turned , Mick had his back to me , leaning inside the rear of the Land Rover . |
| 6 | I paused for a moment , unsure of which path to take . |
| 7 | I paused for a moment . |
| 8 | ‘ You know this place exists for … ’ she paused for a fraction of a second ‘ … rest and relaxation . |
| 9 | She paused for a moment . |
| 10 | She paused for a moment . |
| 11 | When she had lugged her third skip up to the scribbling engine , she paused for a moment to watch Rose , who by now resembled a tar baby stuck all over with dirty wool . |
| 12 | She paused for a moment under a feeble electric light to recover her self-possession , drawing the clean cold air into her lungs , before plunging once more into the third circle of this industrial inferno . |
| 13 | She paused for a moment and then went on , ‘ Since thoo told me about t'baby , Aah 've been thinking . |
| 14 | She paused for a moment and then went on . |
| 15 | She paused for a moment before continuing . |
| 16 | She paused for a moment remembering how from her earliest days she had sat with her father in the small shed working the leather . |
| 17 | She paused for a moment looking for the right words . |
| 18 | She paused for a moment . |
| 19 | She paused for a moment . |
| 20 | She paused for a moment , seemed to be about to say something else , then changed her mind . |
| 21 | She paused for a moment . |
| 22 | She paused for a moment , staring at him . |
| 23 | It was as she was passing through the drawing-room that she paused for a moment to glance round admiringly at the décor . |
| 24 | She paused for a moment , forcing herself to meet his narrowed gaze . |
| 25 | She paused for a moment , then said delicately , ‘ You and Luke had a difference of opinion , I gather . ’ |
| 26 | She paused for a moment . |
| 27 | She paused for a moment , biting her lip as if fighting for her composure . |
| 28 | She paused for a moment , choked with emotion and dabbed her brimming eyes with a tissue . |
| 29 | She paused for a moment before pointedly adding , ‘ As to your other point , I must confess I think it would be worse if she ended up like you . ’ |
| 30 | In Kufra district many of the foreigners were black , and Tibbu-speakers from Chad were the majority , a presence which alarmists saw as overwhelming because they counted as resident those who paused for a week or a month on their way north or south . |