The minotaur waited until his breath returned to him before speaking.

Derec waited until his breath returned and then opened up the robot?

Meg, whose breath had just barely returned, knew this was her only chance.

When his breath returned he asked, "How did you let it happen?"

Then, suddenly, her breath returned, and she sucked air in quickly, as though she'd been suffocating.

Molly lay quiet for some time as her breath returned to normal.

He could feel his heart pounding and his breath still hadn't returned to normal.

Her breath returned in a rush only to leave her on a scream.

But neither could he wait until breath returned to him.

His breath returned to him a split second later.