He began to walk slowly down the steps, past the graven heads of his still and silent friends.

Another explosion; the air began to stream past her face.

If he'd been ninety-nine, he'd have argued that middle age began well past the century mark.

Segment A begins at 6:30 past the hour (duration 11:29).

The banquet is supposed to begin at half past the hour, and will not last long.

The search began at a quarter past two, and by five o'clock it was completed, in a rough, preliminary way.

With a second blow, the starfield began to race past the viewer.

She began to pace past the line of survivors.

Then he stood, began to pace back and forth past the foot of her bed.

We began the search at quarter past one.