21.   Owen stepped aside to let a water-carrier pass with his heavy bags.

22.   Despite her mutinous feelings, though, the first couple of hours passed with Leith on tenterhooks each time the phone rang or the door opened.

23.   And they now look set to promote more harmonious race relations in the community after passing with flying colours.

24.   He went through a schools system which made art compulsory, failing the subject at O-level but passed with flying colours to gain an Alevel in sculpture.

25.   The participants are those young people who have passed with high honours in the Associated Board of Music examinations during the preceding session.

26.   It was a test that the Three-Ninetieth passed with flying colours destroying thirteen enemy aircraft and achieving excellent bombing results.

27.   IF YOUR name happens to be Ebeneezer Scrooge you may think otherwise, but a Christmas without crackers is one that passes with a whimper rather than a bang.

28.   Six recently appointed health and safety reps passed with flying colours a course that introduces them to their basic responsibilities and duties as reps.

29.   On his way, many other people passed him with water pots -- many with swollen knees like himself and others with different disfigurements.

30.   American consumers lost little last week when the Clinton administration scuttled a drug-import bill passed with much fanfare last year by a Congress facing an election.