The doctor paused but not long enough for Havelock to speak.

Again the doctor paused, but it was a different silence.

A doctor paused to speak before he too followed the stretcher.

The little doctor paused and looked at each of his listeners in turn.

The doctor opened the door and paused upon the threshold.

The doctor paused as if wondering whether to say more.

It was on his way out again that the doctor paused by him.

The doctor paused, as if he needed a moment to recall what was "the truth."

The doctor paused in the act of lighting his pipe.

The doctor paused, seeming to consider something only he could see.