1.   He stopped, and there was a pregnant pause.

2.   The problem with his lofty sentiments and pregnant pauses was that they were completely eclipsed by his reputation.

3.   There was a long silence - what I think might be called a pregnant pause.

4.   There was a pregnant pause before the winner was announced.

5.   There was a pregnant pause.

6.   But all in all erm I admire you for actually to hang in there, there was a few pregnant pauses but you kept going.

7.   A second or two passed, seeming more like pregnant pauses several weeks past their due date.

8.   For all the pregnant pauses and awkward silences, the drama seems at once trivial and pretentious.

9.   Give me a time limit and then preprogram a pregnant pause before telling me if my rushed answer is right or wrong?

10.   It was a pregnant pause, if you will.