How To Use Past In A Sentence

As he ran past, the arquebusier shouted something about Susanoo, the kami of storms, and how he was punishing them for their arrogance. Blood Ninja II
She was carrying her overnight case and a basket of dried flowers-statice, strawflower, and immortelle in the pastel colors referred to in seed catalogues as "art shades": fawn, apricot, mauve, and pale yellow. Incubus
Anybody who has ever been on a North Queensland pastoral lease knows that you can go 20, 30, 40 miles day after day and all you will see is a few brumbies and some wild pigs; you will not see any cattle anywhere.
I got to know a little bit about it, at least the old Berlin of the past, through Benjamin's eyes.
I eat a lot of chicken and fish, rice and pasta and maintain an all-round healthy diet. Times, Sunday Times

They have kept it alive in the past and continue to make it plausible for millions of people today.
The church was dedicated to St Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of swineherds and of charcoal burners, a trade carried out on the fell for many years in the past.
They kept to the brush and trees, and invariably the man halted and peered out before crossing a dry glade or naked stretch of upland pasturage. War
Add the toasted almond slivers and mix well before turning into the pastry case. Times, Sunday Times
He had 112 helpers, many of whom had worked on some of the best fantasy movies of the past decade. Times, Sunday Times
He had a thin face, a pasty complexion and a long thin nose.
Under the "fly-in fly-out" roster system, workers can be moved to a different self-contained unit, or "donga", rather than having their own rooms, as they have had in the past. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
Less than a minute later he had gone past the courts, down a stairwell and opened the fire door.
However, O'Kane's favourite pastime is hillwalking in the Wicklow hills.
Using wire transmission, with long service life, and not sticky paste, silk or nylon thread transmission can be equipped with water-hao to justice system.
The food fares well in terms of freshness, quantity and effort, and there's a made-to-order pasta bar and a station where roast beef is carved before your eyes.
It'll be difficult to get past the ticket collector without paying.
So let vs, which this chaunge of weather vew, chaunge eeke our mynds and former liues amend the old yeares sinnes forepast let vs eschew, and fly the faults with which we did offend. Amoretti and Epithalamion
Rubbish advice The erratic bin collections over the past few weeks have left me struggling to cope with all our household rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
Even the normal Perigordine fare of duck la gras and truffles washed down with red wine and pastis has yielded in favour of Scottish food and drink in celebration of the Auld Alliance.
I have also used * toothpaste* to clean the screen; if you work at it, the toothpaste abrasives will get rid of hairline scratches on the screen surface. CIS Threads #1: Interesting Threads from the TRS Model 100 Forum Messages by Phil Wheeler
We truly are much more team oriented and friendlike to our children than parents have tended to be in the past, in large part because we too identify with many of the peer and academic pressures that kids now face. Childhood Unbound
Unless you've been hiding under an unfashionable rock for the past year, you'll have the word camel firmly rooted in your fashionista lexicon. Philippa Young: Camel: It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or White
From the past sorrows, we derive our self-respect to love our compatriots.
The problems of your past are your business. The problems of your future are my privilege.
Their pastorals, both published in 1651, offered choices to Royalists in the aftermath of the crushing defeat at Worcester.
She smoothed paste wax on the old red linoleum and buffed it by hand.
'The rate has plateaued, which is what particular people said in the past that it would do without kerbside.' This Is Guernsey
The glistening mushrooms were plump and earthy against the dry, crunchy pastry softened by the delicate, herby cream sauce.
Many folks have stated in many ways that even if CxP had had all of Shuttles bucks for the past five years, CxP wouldn't be any better off than it is now, because of mismanagement & misspending. Minor Damage Seen on Atlantis - NASA Watch
At least 5,500 people have died during the past decade in fighting between government and rebel forces.
She gave me a cheerful grin and rattled off her past employers, accompanied by a brief biodata, both seemingly satisfying.
Many families buy more food than they can possibly eat - maybe because it is on offer - and chuck it out when it gets past the use-by date.
Conditions have improved considerably over the past few years.
It proved necessary to row ashore in a small dinghy, plunging through the hot spray past a Turkish battleship that had been moored for so long that the coral had grown up around it, immobilising it forever.
This investment trust has delivered exceptional returns over the past few years by riding a wave of mergers, acquisitions and innovation. Times, Sunday Times
This is a Dutch lugger from Samarcand, laden with raisins and fig-paste and lichi nuts and cream dates. The Merryweathers
Forage crops, pasture, and rangelands are important in feeding ruminant animals tied to the meat and dairy industries.
Making a completely clean break with the past, the couple got rid of all their old furniture.
There was a label pasted on the lid, with an address, written in a business-like hand -- Henry Dunbar A Novel
This past week in the forest park, the fiery foliage set against cobalt skies was a sight to behold.
Russian knapweed is a problem in ranges and pastures in the western United States, where it grows up to 4 feet tall and takes over otherwise productive land.
‘We've been on an economic downtrend for the past three years that needs to be stopped,’ said the head of the BDA employers association.
A man rushed past and jogged her elbow, making her drop the bag.
After an interim administration, the new president took office this past October.
For the past decade they have travelled the world, haranguing its leaders about the effects of globalisation, campaigning for ‘fair trade’ and chanting about the dangers of climate change.
I am listening to your day-tales, though I wonder that this time might be better spent mistranslating health warnings from foreign cigarettes and pasting them to a gallery wall or, perhaps, composing a biro haiku on the arch of a foot, proclaiming: Day 9: Better Spent Time
Italian flag pasta – tossed with pesto and fried mangold on top, tossed with butter and parmesan on top, and tossed with tomato sauce and more of the same sauce on top. Bento #287 « Were rabbits
The convention plucked him from the pastorate to head the foreign mission board.
The parallel twin engine that powers them has a vibey past. The Sun
Brown bags of pasta stand ready to be combined with cans of Italian tuna, homemade pickled vegetables, home-canned tomato sauce, and jars of his favorite imported red peppers.
Studies in the past showed that subsoiling clay soil in the spring does not improve cotton harvests.
First, federal education spending under him is up nearly 50 percent over the final year of the past presidency, so the coalition's charge that the president is stinting the schools is just bunk.
Several questions ran through our heads as we made our way past the numerous coffee shops and bundled up against the swirling winds the port city is known for.
As if space has weather, and currents of permittivity sweep past. DEAD LINES
The hills rolled past
Spaghetti carbonara and giant, ricotta-stuffed ravioli in an earthy sauté of porcini mushrooms, barely touched with tomato, both did credit to the pasta roster.
The art installation suggests the continuity and fragility of Mediterranean civilization, reminding us of the simultaneous remoteness and seamlessness of the past.
He has also apparently 'humanistically re-oriented the traditions of the past'. The Times Literary Supplement
We are determined to make the 2008 festive season as jolly as any in the past decade or so of unrivalled prosperity. The Sun
Their feet clattered over the faux marble floor past the reference desk towards the closet.
The demand for land focused hostile attention upon the graziers, who reared cattle and sheep commercially on extensive pastoral holdings.
This has been done on numerous occasions in the past by the Senate with regard to appointments by governors, and does NOT involve judging "qualifications" (age, citizenship, and inhabitancy) which was limited in Powell v. McCormack. Blago Does All Us A Favor
Or is the past on the left and the future on the right? Times, Sunday Times
They also have abandoned past pledges and now threaten first use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
Pasture lands and meadow lands are often greatly improved by replowing and harrowing in order to break up the turf that forms and to admit air more freely into the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
On the evidence of his latest exhibition, Miller is an artist who is past his best.
Breads, pastries, rice and legume dishes were on display for the viewing and tasting pleasure of interested patrons.
Tim's eyes went past him to the last black binder in the safe. THE KILL CLAUSE
Onward they sailed along the south bank of the estuary, past the great sea-carved stone arches of “Île Percée” that made it an important seamark. Champlain's Dream
I pose a question, one that bestirs itself to haunt me in a tuneful way each Christmas, and so I pass my quizzical spirit of Christmas past along to you … Did you “hang a shining star upon the highest bough” or merely “muddle through somehow” this Christmas season? Go ahead, hang a shining star upon the highest bough and... you know...
The show was so on its way to redeeming itself the past few weeks and then this.
Huh, a good sport, also helped HuffPostTech turn him into a "lolcat" of sorts using a screenshot from a video of a photoshoot he'd done in the past (scroll down for the picture). Ben Huh Stars As A Lolcat, Talks Twitter, Memes, And Going Viral (PICTURE)
Green Jesus has become my go to sativa over the past 2 months.
I waved as I put-putted past each packed bus stop.
`Distinguished Chinese visitors, with whom you will no doubt share your repast. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
Is there a justification for retaining the word in literature from the past, when its use would have reflected common parlance?
You aren't the blithering idiot the past few have been, and I have this feeling that you're not racist.
At night, down on the water, they seem just beyond grasp, unreachably distant, like the past itself.
In the Windhoek area, the generally calm weather of the past few days has been accompanied by clear, still nights.
On that day people give each other sugar skulls with a name label crudely pasted on the forehead.
English pastoral was inaugurated by Spenser's verse eclogues in The Shepheardes Calendar and further developed in The Arcadia, a prose romance by Sidney.
The journey north-west from Edinburgh is a delight, with lush pasturelands giving way to the rugged beauty of the Trossachs and then Argyll and the western seaboard.
The tea was excellent, with a light mint flavor; and the scones tasted wonderful as well, peppered with raisins and full of butter, a perfect repast for the relaxing traveller.
A fascinator, for those of you who have been living in a cardboard box under the stairs for the past six months, is a dinky little head piece that is set to knock the traditional big race day hats into a cocked hat this year.
Talia's room, when we reach it and I actually take the time to observe it, is decorated in varying shades of pastel blue, more or less coordinating the curtains and the bed sheets.
But up to sixty yards the lateral deflexion from wind is negligible; past this it may amount to three or four feet. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow
Huge crowds are expected to file past the coffin, which will be guarded by a contingent of Gentlemen at Arms and Yeoman of the Guard.
Speaking of rounding tight corners, the Daily News reports that some messengers attempted to promote cycling in Queens this past weekend by holding an alleycat called "BLVDS of DEATH: Archive 2010-09-01
Anyway, today we made a pistachio dacquoise (remember that a dacquoise is a meringue--whipped egg whites--with sugar and nut flour(s) folded into it), an apricot-passion-fruit gelee, some apricot glaze, two sablee dough shells (we didn't get to do those, as the only sablee dough left was too soft to work with, so we'll do it tomorrow), and each of us made an inverted puff pastry recipe and put four turns in the dough. Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts
About a year ago, we took everything out of the rooms, stripped out the floor, put in new 1-inch pavers through the whole area, and then brought in the new pasteurizer and re-piped the entire system.
Roy Bourgeois made the front page of this past Saturday's New York Times, and I was glad for the good news at hand: 157 priests signed a statement in support of Father Roy Bourgeois, whom the Vatican has begun to defrock. Michele Somerville: A Frock Does Not A Priest Make
Get to know your senior pastor: take some cues from courting. Christianity Today
I feared enormous crowds at Chawton paying hefty admission fees to file past animated wax figures.
He is a government affairs consultant, and a past president and COO of a banking software consulting firm.
Though he has been on scholarship for the past two seasons, Mr. Merriewether, who wasn't recruited, says he's offended by the term walk-on and has done everything he can to welcome the nonscholarship players into the team's rituals. Who Invited All the Walk-Ons?
Bicycles are regarded as an economical alternative to buses whose fares have increased 5 times in the past 3 years.
Application of the word "privatization," however, is almost always a misuse of the English language, albeit one that has become so common that it falls automatically off the tongue and flows unchecked past the ear. Ken Allen: Say 'Corporatization,' Not 'Privatization'
Have fun with my easy-peasy pasta and be sure to come back next week for our July 4th Bonanza Extravaganza Episode! EconomyBites: Recession Recipe: Allie's Easy Summertime Pasta (VIDEO)
It was wonderful returning home that evening to find a packet of fruit pastilles waiting for me after I had eaten my dinner.
I sauntered past, my eyes on that seething face. Times, Sunday Times
He replied, “I know not; but thou art better able to judge, being acquainted with the ways of thy man, more by token that thou art one of the sharpest-witted of women and past mistress of devices such as devise that whereof fail the wise.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Reroll and repeat with the chilled pastry trimmings. Times, Sunday Times
The editorial begins with a recapitulation of the basic argument marshaled by the Bush administration regarding his past actions while on the board of directors of Harken Energy.
The best-known dressing-up dish is kimchee, vegetables pickled in sweetish but mostly hot red chili paste touched with garlic and ginger.
Tomato paste is also used heavily for its acidity, which balances the 'beefiness' of the dish. Archive 2007-02-01
The inundation at two spots on the Tangerang toll road this past week has been a major source of frustration.
A dense garbage of cans and plastic bags float past. Times, Sunday Times
* I wonder how much of this has to do with their positions (obviously Edwards had a mind like few others, but one has to take into account also that he husbanded and cultivated that gift responsibly): Edwards was a public man in his capacity as a pastor; can it be said that Whitefield was only a pastor in his capacity as a public man? from → Observations The Sage of Northampton « Unknowing
In order to prevent this happening, most recipes suggest ‘washing’ the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush to brush down any undissolved sugar; easier still is to put a lid on the pan and let steam do the trick.
When one was obtained it had to be smuggled past the camp guards, then passed to one of our number who was able to translate the news.
Our imperial past is now regarded rather shamefully. Times, Sunday Times
However, unlike the Buicks of the recent past, the tail lamp is not a single cross-car strip, but simply at each of the corners.
Indeed, there may be an appetite for a new past to explain the new present.
Add the tomato paste and white wine and whisk until the paste has dissolved. The Sun
Answer guide: The relevant range of activity refers to the level of activity the firm has experienced in past accounting periods.
Both the sexes move so closely that inhibitions and hesitations are a thing of the past now.
‘Typically, in the past, debarments have lasted three to five years for lesser infractions,’ he says.
In the past a recitation of those statements would have elicited a collective nod from any listening Americans.
Cook the inaniwa pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until cooked, then refresh in cold water and drain.
I got my boyfriend to come and see and we saw them move fast past the front of our house and out of sight.
No doubt if I'd been friendlier to you in the past you'd have responded differently. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
Relying on their well-established formula of eerie melodies, pastoral soundscapes, babbling children and rhythmic clamour, their sophomore effort rings true.
Everyone who uses those arguments has already assumed the longterm disfranchisement and marginalization of that majority of the Palestinian people forced to live in complete exile from their homeland for, in many cases, the past 60 years ... Charlottesville Blogs
Third, the conical re-entry vehicle was a vast improvement on the rudimentary models put on parade in the past. Times, Sunday Times
I badly wanted to go on to see the monkey-puzzle forests at the foot of the Andes, to drive the cattle to high summer pasture.
Waxy starch gels form a paste at lower temperatures, swell with more water than regular or partially waxy starches, and don't lose water during freezing and thawing.
Spending in town centres has plummeted over the past decade. Times, Sunday Times
There were brighter pictures, of early Mexican-Californian life, a pastel of twilight eucalyptus with a sunset-tipped mountain beyond, by Reimers, a moonlight by Peters, and a Griffin stubble-field across which gleamed and smoldered California summer hills of tawny brown and purple-misted, wooded canyons. CHAPTER VIII
Women have become more assertive in the past decade.
So while a good frost will kill off countless millions of strongyle eggs in a pasture, it is providing the infective third-stage larvae with that most valuable of commodities - time Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines
So the public-health community wants folic acid added to cereals used in enriched grain products, such as bread and pasta.
Besides this diocesan system of priestly pastoral care, there are two other administrative bodies of crucial importance.
The menu mentioned toasted teacakes, scones, doughnuts, Danish pastries and flapjack.
Better not to ignore the past but learn from it instead. Otherwise, history has a way of repeating itself.
The good weather we've experienced over the past two days allowed us to fully prepare the cars for the forthcoming European races.
Since no electric power plants have been built in the past 10 years, he must endure rolling blackouts at least once a week.
In the past it has refused to interfere in the country 's internal affairs but may be softening its position. Times, Sunday Times
This is about television and the audience, both of which, on the evidence of these programmes, have descended over the past 40 years into a condition of unutterable stupidity.
Surprisingly, Albee points to the new-play development programs found in theatres across North America (involving dramaturges, readings, workshops) as a source of the blandness of so much of the drama of the past 20 years.
But, more likely, he has decided it is less of a PR risk to leave a journalist eating a solitary crab pasty in the drizzle than to be trapped alone with her and - God forbid - a tongue-loosening bottle of wine.
She has sunk into the background in the past two weeks - friends say that she has had enough of the stress and has decided to no longer face the public gaze.
Over 10,000 filar-micrometer and red light CCD measurements of Mars' north polar cap have been taken over the past 40 years, and they show that it has been shrinking. The polar-bears-on-the-melting-ice-cap photo.
The gimmick is that copycat killings allow the series to combine the past and the present. Times, Sunday Times
These are all lonely, arguably damaged people, and once you get past the silliness it's all rather crushingly sad. TV highlights 10/08/201: Timothy Spall: Back At Sea | The Sopranos | Who Do You Think You Are? | 24 Hours in A&E | Forbidden Love
Referred to simply as the Gothic Cruise (for brevity), this cruise is for fans of goth and industrial music and has been held annually for the past 15 years. Twilight Lexicon » Go Cruising Vampire Style
Concrete rings have been used in the past but can be quite cumbersome and heavy for the home garden.
A simple drive through the countryside, past sheep ranch after sheep ranch, is balm for a weary soul.
Again, here at CENTCOM, for the past few days they have been criticizing Iraqi military for what they term cowardice on the battlefield. CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003
He thought the highs and lows of the business cycle would be far more extreme and short-lived than in the past, with sharp spikes up and down.
It is necessary to hold these pastilles in place, which is done by means of a grid or frame, of antimonious lead, surrounding and firmly binding them.
The flame was glorious - radiant with the colours of antique knighthood and the flashing gallantries of the past; but no substance fed it; flaring wildly, it tossed to and fro in the wind; it was suddenly put out.
The gunk was coming out like toothpaste from a tube. The Sun
In the past, the Democrats combined their anti-communism with liberal reformist policies.
This may have something to do with one of the measures of the past decade. Times, Sunday Times
People have called me "alm" as in "alms for the poor" in the past, and I thought it was funny how I read it in my head one way and everyone else had it differently. honeychild because honey is natural, durable and versatile. and we are all children -- that child in us never leaves -- the outer casing just grows up and gets older looking. lol LJWorld.com stories: News
I don't want to relive my dark past. The Sun
Sales of standard tea bags fell by 16 per cent and loose tea by nine per cent over the past two years, according to a report out this week.
Pastilla is a layered pastry dish combining almonds and shredded meat.
And like past challenges to civilization, such barbarism thrives on Western appeasement and considers enlightened deference as weakness, if not decadence.
On the wall alongside us was a tiled, tropical landscape of pastel cockatoos and parrots.
But the detailed financial information that will be dripped out in coming weeks means they are also going to have to spend some time explaining the past. Times, Sunday Times
Bibliomaniacs were censured, that is, for eschewing commonplace means of engaging the material traces of the literary past and commonplace means of cohabiting with the nation's literary tradition. "Wedded to Books': Bibliomania and the Romantic Essayists
Their yaks share these high, sunny pastures with blue sheep and plump marmots.
The parcel was in fact a huge piece of puff pasty filled with a rather creamy concoction of mushrooms and chestnuts.
Don't judge someone's past, when you haven't walked their journey!
Combine the reduced fumet, wine, pastis, and mussel liquid if using, in small heavy saucepan.
Her Moroccan spin on chicken flew past the glazed and cidery take on beer-can chicken.
I walked several miles south along the beach past Venice and just spent some time relaxing and breathing in the sea air.
The pizza tasted much better than it looked, tangy tomato paste, nice, moist pan-style dough.
Conclusion Over the past decade there has been enormous progress in our understanding of how cells use calcium to regulate their activity.
Chief among the grievances I identify as providing primary justifying grounds for secession are these: persistent and serious violations of individual human rights and past unredressed unjust seizure of territory.
The projection of future demand, normally to supply the independent portion of demand such as customer or interplant orders, based on past history and known market changes.
He has been booked just twice in the past two seasons and does not appear ruffled by heavy tackles. Times, Sunday Times
Horse riding suffers from the taint of elitism and snobbery which is a legacy of the past.
- in fabric design, "une pastille" is a large round spot - "un pois" (= pea) being smaller. Machine à coudre - French Word-A-Day
With the weather turning out to be salubrious for the past few days, fitting well into the celebrative atmosphere, the students could not ask for more.
I argue that the relationship between past success and convergent thinking may depend on the attributions that groups generate to explain their shared success.
Overspent its athletic budget by $ 3. 1 million in the past five years.
There was also intensive construction work at the wind park during the past two years. Times, Sunday Times
Hubert in particular was recalling times past when Patricia had behaved less than honourably towards his favourite cousin.
Barilla is another example: it is built on the classic Italian image of tomato sauce, pasta, a carefree way of life, songs and sun.
He could hear the scratch of her pencil, and the air moving past the car.
Lastly, the hatred and contempt of the past two millennia add a formidable barrier to authentic communication.
The homilist was Father Jerry Wooten, assistant pastor of the church that hosted the Mass, Holy Trinity in Gainesville, Va. Solemn Mass in Virginia: A Hopeful Sign of the New Liturgical Movement
I think that nowhere else in the mythologies are the Five Root-Races, the four past and the one existent, mentioned so clearly as here in The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
Then came a sumptuous antepast; for we were all seated, but only The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter
The most beneficial effect of the power moon is being able to learn from the past without letting it hold you back. The Sun
Manchester, " I replied quietly as 500 pairs of curious eyes swivelled round to a pasty-faced outsider. "Manchester!
In the past floods have joined together Buttermere and Crummock lakes into one huge mere, and unified Thirlmere periodically long before Manchester Corporation turned it into one big reservoir. A seasonal lament
He could not recall Plauen having talked much about the modern Empire, except to label it a weakling, lost in fantasies of its past, battling for life in a hostile age, constantly stalked by hostile intrigues. The Swordbearer
Sehwag let a couple go by, 'hipped' one away and then reverse swept him magnificently past point. Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
As he was walking past a ship chandler's shop, he was shocked to see handcuffs, leg shackles, and thumbscrews in the window.
For the past three elections the Labour Party has issued a manifesto of its aims and objectives.
During an earlier scene of cooperative fruit picking with Cambodian and Laotian refugees, we are offered an opportunity to meditate on a pan-Asian Thailand of agrarian-pastoral well-being, and a move away from the tense border security of the 70s when refugees from Cambodia and Laos led Thailand to turn sharply to the right. Michael Vazquez: ON THE 48TH ANNUAL NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of past experience.
I was drawn to Chicken Satsivi, a Georgian dish, because of the sauce, satsivi, which is a paste of walnuts, sauteed onions, coriander, and garlic, liquidized with a broth and perfumed with cinnamon and paprika. Weekend Cookbook Challenge # 16 - Chicken Satsivi
Next, something brushed past him, and he encountered it with a snarl and a splashing of his forepaws. CHAPTER XX
For observe: this love of what is called ideality or beauty in preference to truth, operates not only in making us choose the past rather than the present for our subjects, but it makes us falsify the present when we do take it for our subject. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853
Mike Thomson, the owner/manager, will be serving bagels, omelettes, salads, home made soups and baking and pasta dishes.

How To Use Past In A Sentence

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