Example sentences of "a [adj] pause " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a tormented pause , before she breathed , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 2 | A pregnant pause |
| 3 | There was a long silence — what I think might be called a pregnant pause . |
| 4 | There was a pregnant pause . |
| 5 | In its report , 1992 : A Pregnant Pause ? , |
| 6 | Oh that was a pregnant pause was it ? |
| 7 | Pregnant pau that 's right a pregnant pause is n't it ? |
| 8 | There was a pregnant pause . |
| 9 | This is what could be termed in as a a pregnant pause ! |
| 10 | Not just on my own he just said that , it was a bit bad cos I , I said to him , you know , who 's going and he listed like er reeled off , I ca n't remember , reeled off a load of blokes yes last night and I said are there any girls going and he said well I 'll see if I can get Laura and Giles to come and I said yeah I feel much better about that , you know , whatever and then today he said erm look ca n't go and was a real , I du n no he 's got something and he 's usually like the real medium and he , you know , if there 's e if there 's ever like a pregnant pause then he 's the one that like keeps it all going |
| 11 | But after a hesitant pause she found herself saying , ‘ I believe you had a slight mishap on a film last year — in France . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , if you 're serious about all this , ’ Anne murmured after a hesitant pause , ‘ there is my cottage in Wales . ’ |
| 13 | A perceptible pause , as Mr Parsons turned and set his mug down on the mantelpiece . |
| 14 | There followed a perceptible pause . |
| 15 | There was a strained pause as temperatures lowered , then Cowley said , ‘ Okay . |
| 16 | Then , after a terse pause , ‘ Are you fishing for a compliment ? ’ |
| 17 | She looked happy and relaxed , even managing a professional pause for photographs later at the door of London 's Park Lane Hilton . |
| 18 | Be alert for fatigue — beware of talking ‘ non-sap ’ , allow a few pauses ; when the speechreader is talking it is less tiring for him . |
| 19 | For instance you could n't , like nowadays , tighten up a slack scene where people were n't picking up their cues so quickly by cutting out a few pauses here and there . |
| 20 | There was a further pause . |
| 21 | There are , though , a number of waves on a reach and as long as you limit yourself to three distinct pumps with a clear pause before the next set you should be alright . |
| 22 | At this point a new term will be introduced : we need a name for a continuous piece of speech beginning and ending with a clear pause , and we will call this an utterance . |
| 23 | If there is a clear pause ( silence ) between ‘ John ’ and ‘ is it you ’ , then according to the definition of an utterance given in the last chapter , there are two utterances ; however , it is quite likely that a speaker would say ‘ John is it you ’ with no pause , so that the four syllables would make up a single utterance . |
| 24 | However , giving rules for determining where the boundaries are placed is not easy , except in cases where a clear pause separates tone-units . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's true , ’ he agreed after a careful pause , eyes never leaving her face , ‘ fools never think of the future . |
| 26 | He paused — a marked pause — turned away , took a couple of paces laterally — so as not to be too ridiculously far beneath her — and managed a reasonably sincere sigh — given the short notice . |
| 27 | There was a marked pause down the line . |
| 28 | I admitted it and there was a shorter pause , ‘ O.K. ’ said Mr. Workman , ‘ We 'll start you at $20 . |
| 29 | A fresh pause . |
| 30 | Er no , said this person after a distinct pause |