Sentence examples for had flown by from inspiring English sources
The match between Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund, then fourth and second in the table, had flown by fairly fast, not really that furious and very, very goallessly for 63 minutes: a series of low level bangs and unrealised half-chances, laced with a hint of impending violence.
Ten minutes of disagreement had flown by in a few seconds.
Before flying past Halley's Comet, the two Soviet spacecraft had flown by Venus and had each dropped off landers and balloons to study that planet.
Kim Leadbeater said the past year had flown by and admitted that the reality of her sister's death had yet to sink in.
Schumacher, the world champion, and his younger brother Ralf, also a formula one driver, had flown by private jet to visit their mother on Saturday night.
The cocktail hour had flown by in a whirl of deep-fried bacon, deep-fried Rice Krispies treats and deep-fried imitation crabmeat.
This summer has flown by!
Princeton flies by; Princeton has flown by.
Three years have flown by.
