After a lengthy pause for thought and a throaty chuckle, the promoter comes to a decision.

This soothed fears of a lengthy pause in operations at the mine, which produced more than seven tonnes of gold last year.

There was a lengthy pause on the phone, then a contented purr of pure ecstatic pleasure, and finally he gathered enough strength to actually speak.

After which ensues a lengthy pause, during which a dozen or so steps are mutually negotiated, in careful silence, adjacent to and across and vaguely along the pavement below me.

There's a relatively lengthy pause.