1.   After a few long moments it found its legs and scampered to the far kerb.

2.   After several long moments of ankle-straining effort, her left boot popped off and thudded to the floor.

3.   And after a long moment he reached across and replaced the pepper pot.

4.   Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn, and stood for a long moment, sagging.

5.   For a long moment I just stood there in the darkness, feeling like a diver on a high platform.

6.   For long moments it gazed and the rabbits remained motionless, staring back without a sound.

7.   He was silent for a long moment before replying.

8.   Katherine sat silently for a long moment, her eyes growing perceptibly wider, the colour draining from her cheeks.

9.   She hugged him, for a long moment clinging to him silently.