The 16 members of Mr. Tower's transition staff began a tense wait to find out what the future holds for them.

After a tense wait of perhaps two minutes, the large doors burst open and Klingons raced out.

The second round was held on 28 November 2010, and a tense wait for results followed.

It was a very tense wait as they watched the final two minutes of the approach.

It has not been easy, and after the recent cold winter it has been a tense wait.

With the procedure complete, and the rhinos waking up sleepy from the anaesthetic - the scientists are now in for a tense wait.

After a long and tense wait, the general's voice came over the wire.

And so at long and painful last for the Rangers, the moment was theirs, the tense, often tedious wait ultimately worth it.

After a tense wait, a supervising officer called for one of the State Department guards.

After a tense wait, five men approached from the far end of the houses.