There was a brief time-out while Dolan ordered our sandwiches.

I took a brief time-out, giving her a verbal sketch of the girl we were trying to identify.

Seeing the cameras, a few held their hands in the shape of a "T," imitating referees calling a brief time-out in a closely contested game.

After a brief time-out Molly is back in action, about to bring down the company you voted for - have you been keeping up with the latest twists?

He took a brief time-out from seeing patients in order to return some of the phone calls.

And so sickeningly on and on - with brief time-outs for teary Arafat visits to the White House.

A brief time-out, then back to it again.

I'd been up since two A.M. with just a brief time-out for sleep at dawn before the long-distance call from Mrs. Ochsner had wakened me.

I said "sure" and then took a brief time-out to let Cordia know where I was going.

"We are taking, in effect, a brief time-out in order to make the security adjustments that are necessary to be responsive to a threat."