The phrase "ask for a pause" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when requesting a temporary stop or break in an activity or conversation.
Example: "During the meeting, I would like to ask for a pause to gather my thoughts before we continue discussing the project."
Alternatives: "request a break" or "seek a moment of silence."
At one point his barrister asked for a pause in the case so matters could be explained to the 10-year-old.
Her husband, a neuroscientist named Boris Izcovich, has asked for a "pause" in their marriage so he can take up with a younger colleague, "a woman with whom he had no past".
After that, Miliband's questions were irrelevant: he asked for a pause in Rupert Murdoch's bid for the rest of BSkyB, which Labour had previously accepted was separate from phone-hacking; why Rebekah Brooks had not been sacked, which is a good question, but not one for the Prime Minister; and a rhetorical one to put "catastrophic judgement" and "Andy Coulson" into the same sentence.
Ban also asked for a pause in the ongoing attacks to help secure the safety of civilians on the ground, calling for a "renewed humanitarian pause in order to allow humanitarian assistance to reach all Yemenis in need.
Most (but not all) people would say you aren't really interrupting; you just asked for a temporary pause.
I was an actress in the Blackfriar's Theater on West 57th, and each day when I passed Joe, I paused to ask for a classic violin piece and then paid him a dollar for his virtuosity.
Even the lawmakers who are most publicly skeptical of Saudi Arabia have limited proposals for how to change the relationship: A new bill from opponents of the Saudis' actions in Yemen asks for a short-term pause on arms transfers, but stops short of calling for any long-term shift.
He took a long pause, then asked for a rephrase.
During a recent campaign speech on the Western Slope, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper paused and asked for a glass of water.
Tired, but scrupulously polite, they are very much the Danny Brown collaborators you could take home to your parents, apologising for talking over each other and asking for permission to pause the interview while they eat their pumpkin toast.
