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Example sentences for "went past"

  • Mamma is in the most excited state," she whispered to him as he entered.

  • I did not close my eyes all night, I was so terrified.

  • No one was in the lower room; and it seemed that no one was in the upper.

  • I have been looking at all the streets as we went past, I have been looking at all the shops as we went past, I have been looking at all the churches as we went past.

  • It went past us--we went past it--as if it was keeping watch on us.

  • So Biff started after them, working his way through the crowd so that he went past Li.

  • As he went past he told me he already had the horses tied under the trees.

  • He went past me without a word, kneeled himself before the table and then, unbuttoning his cloak he drew from round his neck the chain and the Pyx from his breast, and laid it all upon the table, continuing himself to kneel.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "went past" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    artificial means; fifteen pounds; left bank; little cream; mounted policeman; peace commissioner; prison life; then thou; went about; went across; went afterwards; went ahead; went away; went before; went every; went from; went into; went myself; went north; went off; went over; went past; went quickly; went towards; went under; went west