1.   He barely had time to collect his thoughts before they were shown in.

2.   He listened intently, trying to collect his thoughts away from the past of his dreams to the present of reality.

3.   He stopped for a few minutes in a small park to enjoy the scenery and collect his thoughts.

4.   I got there early so I had a few minutes to collect my thoughts before the meeting began.

5.   I piped up in his defense, having had moments to collect my thoughts.

6.   Laing pauses to collect his thoughts when considering what was perhaps the most difficult Decision of his long career.

7.   Then he paused to collect his thoughts.

8.   Then, collecting her thoughts, shutting out all sound save that in her headset, she began to take down the message.

9.   He was grateful for a chance to relax and collect his thoughts.

10.   I took a minute to collect my thoughts.