The boy paused, and looked with longing at the pitcher of beer.
He reached the doorway from which the boy had emerged and paused.
For just a moment, the boys paused as if they were willing to negotiate the surrender.
Small boys on their way to school paused to chat.
The boy paused, then reached under his pillow and pulled out a small round object.
The boy paused and seemed to be gathering his wits.
The boy paused for a second in thought and then continued.
The boys paused next to the partly open door.
But the boy had paused before a kneeling man and woman.
The boys had paused in the road, staring up at the two people on the horse.