Meanings of been a pause in English

Again there had been a pause, broken suddenly by loud women's wailing.

There'd been a pause and the young man had said cautiously, 'Go on.'

There has been a pause, and now Subconscious Self speaks again:

There had been a pause before she added what came next.

There had been a pause, more background conversation, heated words.

There'd been a pause in the music, making my voice sound that much louder.

There had been a pause on Steel's part; there was a thin new note in his voice.

The past seven years haven't been a pause while we wait for things to go back to normal.

Again there has been a pause.

There hadn't even been a pause.

There had been a pause.

But there had been a pause since his last remark, and Jane's thoughts had flitted back to the subject that usually occupied them.

There had been a pause of boat departures from Libya, where smugglers operate with impunity, since Easter, because of bad weather and sea conditions.

"Who is- "she'dbegun, and then there had been a pause.

"I admire your perfect stillness," he said at last, after there had been a pause of a moment or two.

"Madame Howard does not look quite well, Father," he remarked, after they had pulled some modern philosophies to pieces, and there had been a pause.