21.   Another century passed before the next vaccine was developed.

22.   Another day passed before Japan made a formal offer to surrender, but only if the emperor retained his throne.

23.   Another three centuries passed before science emerged from its roots in natural philosophy.

24.   Another week passed before most of the people who lived there could return.

25.   As his life passes before him, he asks himself why he has to keep marrying these women through his life to find out he does not like them.

26.   As he flung open the door for our guest, I saw my life pass before my eyes.

27.   As it turned out, Ali was able to go solo but a seeming eternity passed before his shaking limbs allowed him to put the flame to the fuse.

28.   As he broods on his past misdeeds, memories and incidents pass before him in the rearview mirror of a car he drives down a lonely road.

29.   Bills are moving through the House and Senate and seem likely to be passed before the deadline.

30.   A decade passed before another Millhauser novel appeared, after which they have arrived ever more frequently.