Example sentences of "paused for " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 She paused for a moment .
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 She paused for a moment .
6 It 's a very personal way of thinking and writing which we have encountered several times already , and which now , twenty-seven years after that letter to his brother , appears most insistently with Raskolnikov as he Paused for a moment to take breath , to collect himself , and to enter as a man ’ and tell the police who it was killed the old money-lender and her sister .
7 He paused for a moment , ‘ Not as exciting as the landing on the morning of 6th June ? ’
8 Wilde paused for a moment …
9 He came to the Kingsbrook bridge and paused for a moment on the parapet , listening to the soft suck and chatter of the stream .
10 The Pastor paused for a moment and looked thoughtfully at his flock and , Erika was convinced , piercingly at her .
11 Frau Nordern paused for a moment then waved her hand .
12 The market paused for breath yesterday with the FTSE index dipping seven points to 2346.7 .
13 The market paused for breath yesterday with the FTSE index dipping seven points to 2346.7 .
14 Charity paused for effect .
15 ‘ Well , ’ Cooper-Key paused for a judicious few seconds , ‘ if you insist . ’
16 Charles Cooper , also there for the Justice Department , remembered that North paused for a moment , silent , before he responded .
17 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 .
18 And here the pastor paused for his certainty to touch his audience and arouse their own .
19 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 .
20 He paused for a moment .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 He paused for a moment .
24 He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment .
25 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 .
26 She paused for inspiration and Seb said , ‘ Won the Grand National in nineteen thirty-two . ’
27 So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water .
28 He paused for breath as he reached the landing , then continued .
29 He paused for a while , before saying , ‘ We are prepared to give you a month 's trial . ’
30 He paused for thought .
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