1. They walked to the back of the church and stood at the door as their guests filed past. 2. As dozens of aspiring teachers filed past, Charlene Siegelberg delivered her usual raspy pitch and got the usual wary response. 3. By midday, it appeared the most potent challenge Blaine might face was ennui, as a steady stream of spectators filed past, waving and blowing kisses. 4. For his part, Blaine spent most of his time in the box in relatively good spirits, as thousands of visitors filed past. 5. Only relatives and friends were admitted to the burial service, but thousands waited outside the cemetery gates and filed past his grave after the invited guests had departed. 6. Then the long line of mourners clad in costumes from around the world filed past. 7. Children played soccer in the streets while adults filed past on their way to the polls. 8. Indian women in brightly embroidered blouses and skirts and men with black ribbons of mourning pinned to their shirts filed past. 9. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide observed Armed Forces Day on Friday and even saluted as troops filed past -- through a sheet of bulletproof glass. 10. When his coffin was lowered in the ground, mourners filed past to pay their last respects and cast flowers into the grave. |