They passed each other once before the end of the race.
Two or three minutes passed before she finally made free.
More than half an hour passed before any one could make himself heard.
Ten million years passed before the first of those changes be- came important.
But ten minutes passed before he started to read them.
Five minutes passed before he saw movement at the back door.
Five minutes passed before he felt sure enough of himself to call to her.
A moment passed before her daughter got on the line.
These things passed before his eyes, but he did not let himself see them.
Quite some time passed before most of us learned much about the Children.
The last of the Tartars had passed through at least five or six days before.
Such a fear had never before in his whole life passed through his mind.
From there they went back to one of the branches through which Bell's team had passed before.
In fact, I had passed the very spot not long before.
This seemed to be an entire segment of life- less Modes, unlike any they had passed before.
He had passed through control only a couple of minutes before, but it was automatic to look around.
And the sailor recounted all that had passed the day before.
To be sure, private patent bills have been passed before, including five in the last decade.
Now they said the king had passed only five days before.
Here the yeoman-marshal said the the king's party had passed only the day before.