There is a tiny pause before the cars burst into second gear.

There was a tiny pause and then a soft clump as it closed.

The tiny pause before the word "companion" was barely discernible, but Jamie caught it.

There was a tiny pause as the boy licked his lips.

She took my hand after a tiny pause and kept her eyes firmly focused on my chest.

There was a tiny pause, a moment of suspense so short that no onlooker would have caught it.

There was a tiny pause before she brightened and said proudly, "I think my day is going to be even harder than yours."

There was just a tiny pause before she added: "Well at least I try to."

Then he thought: The first, and then a tiny pause.

The first shot, and then a tiny pause, and then the next two.