Object

• rewind: The 2.5 inch color display screens are increasingly touch-sensitive, giving you fingertip access to play, pause, rewind and fast forward controls.

• briefly: If you pause the mouse pointer briefly over any graphic image you will get a description box.

• TV: In TV mode you can pause real-time TV should you need to answer the phone then return to your program without missing anything.

Adjective modifier

• momentary: Twinkling; the momentary pause is awkwardly shrugged off.

• awkward: There was an awkward pause, a dreary pause, a horrible pause.

• pregnant: With the crowd assembled, a pregnant pause awaited his answer.

• slight: Slight pause Kirsty: Then one day, we go into the supermarket.

• brief: Not wishing to see the pub sat empty; they took a brief pause from the ride.

• silent: After each contribution there will be a silent pause to assimilate what has been said and to perceive what rightly follows.

Modifies a noun

• button: Casal perched on a stool stops, starts, the song like you might push in the pause button on the CD player.

Preposition: for

• while: Asked if he felt that was a risk, Coleman paused for a while before replying: " Not really.

Infinitive complement

• admire: Wherever you decide to hang your Old Map people will always pause to admire its beauty.

• wipe: You want... you want ( splutter, pause to wipe foam from mouth )... you want an antidote.

Preposition: in

• bombing: We debated how to do it better; should there be a pause in the bombing to deliver food aid and so on.

Preposition: for

• breath: We need to change the pace, slow down, pause for breath.

• thought: I do hope they will pause for thought on the final chapter.

• reflection: There are pauses for reflection and the 'O Lord Remember ' phrases plead quietly with God.