She made a small pause and then said, "As an antagonist?"

And after another small pause he asked: "And who are you?"

A small frozen pause: the meeting looked at the American general.

There was a small strained pause while everyone waited for someone else to speak, then he added, "I hear you've written off another body."

Ryan heard a small pause there and guessed it was actually their only base of operations.

As the conversation trickled on to a small pause, he finally took a good look at the hall they were in.

"Travis," she began after a small pause, "whatever will I do with all those things?"

There was not even a small pause this time.

There was a small pause, then he said, "The door is also still in place."

A small pause, then a decisive wave of a hand.