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use "past" in a sentence


Lately I see a lot of parents getting divorced.

I wonder if the idea of kids being a bond between their parents is just a thing of the past.

Find someone who thinks his/her English has improved in the past six months.

impulse With the subjunctive past all the 'be' verbs become 'were', OK?

The dynamically expanding high-tech industry has been fuelling the economy of this region for the past decade.

I noticed that I had slept past my station.

Find someone who has shared his/her lunch with someone in the past month.

sharp Sales in our first year of business were somewhat discouraging, but have improved significantly over the past six months.

Find someone who has written a TOEFL exam in the past year.

excerpt Because of its chronic shortage of workers, Switzerland has encouraged migrant laborers to come to the country for the past century.

The present perfect expresses the long span from past to present.

She has been a kind, loving wife for the past ten years, and he has rewarded her by having an affair with a younger woman.

The trial lawyers couldn't get past the Mafia leader's stonewalling tactics.

In past centuries, mortality was high for three main reasons: acute and chronic food shortage, epidemic disease, and poor public-health standards.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson once wrote, "Old men must die, or the world would grow moldy, would only breed the past again.

" In the past, merchants would attempt only one crossing of the Sahara desert per year.

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