31.   The resulting interview was heavy going for both of them.

32.   When there was nowhere to go in that infernally small space, one could always swivel in the other direction.

33.   Is thingy going?

34.   Gone are the days when work was just a stopgap between leaving school and getting married.

35.   Gone are the days when the high school prom was held in the gym, which had been gussied up for the occasion.

36.   My friends from university are all going abroad for the summer hols.

37.   Gone are the cavernous corridors of Victorian days which still characterise so many hospitals.

38.   Gone was the old public acclamation.

39.   Gone are the days when women recording artists were tightly packaged and adorned with ribbons.

40.   Watching Jamie out of the corner of her eye while she poured whisky for both of them, she reflected that it was all going very well.