1.   I said as the train gathered speed.

2.   In Baldersdale that process gathered no speed at all and indeed, never even crossed the finishing line.

3.   It gathered speed and raced towards the built-up complexes.

4.   It gathers speed, and suddenly hits the wall by the foot of the bed.

5.   She lifted it over the fence and set off across the little meadow, gathering speed and thoroughly enjoying it.

6.   The big trimotor gathered speed and roared off down the harbor for more than a mile but never got close to liftoff.

7.   The bicyclists gathered speed as they went downhill.

8.   Then the van rolls forward, gathers speed, and drifts on by.