Wait() : How do I pause execution for x seconds ?

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I'm wondering how I would go around pausing my code for x seconds.I used a counter until x = y but it's not a measure of time.

I'm looking for something like this...
do routine
wait (5 seconds)
do another routine
wait (2 seconds)

Thanks in advance.