Example sentences of "pause for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Cook caravan pauses for a photograph beside their camp in the Middle East in the last quarter of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | She pauses for a moment and the van overflows with the sound of helpless male laughter . |
| 3 | One day they might slow right down and start to fall back again — like a stone thrown into the air — it slows down , pauses for a moment , and then falls back again . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe your dybbuk 's gone , ’ says Naomi afterwards , as they pause for a takeaway kebab . |
| 5 | ii : ‘ I pause for a reply ’ , BH 3 ; SB 14 . |
| 6 | ‘ I pause for a reply ’ , BH 3 ; SB 14 . |
| 7 | I pause for a reply ’ |
| 8 | Next time the phone rings or there is a knock on the door , just pause for a moment instead of reacting immediately . |
| 9 | But pause for a moment . |
| 10 | If we pause for a moment and consider the place of the Neolithic revolution in the theory of human personality and society so far advanced in these pages we will be struck by the fact that the coming of cultivation posed a major threat to the psychological foundations of human society as they had evolved up to that point . |
| 11 | If we just pause for a moment and look at the A C C digest that the papers see . |
| 12 | After pausing for a second he must have relented , because he told her that if it was any help she could borrow benches and trestle tables . |
| 13 | I am grateful to him for pausing for a second , at the end of a busy day , to take note of and observe the great benefits to his constituents and those of my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) as a result of the establishment of the new trust . |
| 14 | And , pausing for a while between two crags , |
| 15 | Spittals barked before pausing for a reply . |
| 16 | And thus it was , that February evening , that she came to be standing at the top of the monumental sweep of the staircase , under the huge doorway , pausing for a moment , offering tribute to herself and all her gods . |
| 17 | And thus it was that she came to be , that February evening , standing at the top of the tower block staircase , leaning against the wall and panting a little from her climb , pausing for a moment and thinking gloomy thoughts about life and death . |
| 18 | In the face of such a generalization , it is worth pausing for a moment to take stock of the kind of observer that Palomar is not . |
| 19 | It is worth pausing for a moment to examine the nature of this sentiment since , more than any other factor , it explains why all attempts to build a mass peace movement , both during and after the war , were to fail . |
| 20 | After the door closed , a pudgy hand picked up the videotape gingerly as if it were a dead bird and , pausing for a moment so that the viewer could read ‘ GOVERNMENT DRUGS SCANDAL ’ , dropped it into a wastepaper bin . |
| 21 | Pausing for a moment to admire the trim lines of the expensive vehicle , she dug in her bag for her keys , then muttered in annoyance as they slid from her fingers . |
| 22 | ‘ No , ’ she said , raising her head slowly and pausing for a moment . |
| 23 | Continue the walk as normal , pausing for a time at the spot and call the dog back to you , rather than trying to pursue it . |
| 24 | The cutting , too , has meaning : fast , significant , hinting , pausing for an instant on an idea then darting away as if to shrink from a risky suggestion . |
| 25 | For this to work though , it was absolutely essential to get them to their spot a minute or two ahead of her , and to achieve that we had arranged for Mrs Thatcher to pause for a cup of coffee with the VIPs in a small room just outside the terminal door . |
| 26 | At the very least , the assailant may be made to pause for a moment before attacking , and this may be just enough to allow the prey to escape . |
| 27 | Inhibition , as recommended by Alexander , is the ability to pause for a moment until we are adequately prepared to carry out actions satisfactorily . |
| 28 | In one sense these findings may be seen as an argument for mainstreaming and it is appropriate to pause for a moment to consider this view . |
| 29 | Let's pause for a while in order to breathe in some pure air . |
| 30 | When Eliot had finished an extract , he would pause for a second or two , and then , as if to break the spell , switch his head quickly to the right . |