Sentence examples for past ran from inspiring English sources

He remembers how similar efforts in the past ran aground.

Cate Seely, who met Ms. Campbell once in the past, ran the marathon on Monday.

Dr. Kochi, who in the past ran the agency's Stop TB initiative, has never been known for his diplomatic skills.

"'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'" has been marked by 349 Kindle users, while "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever" has been highlighted by 195.

Despite the law's name, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, its impact has been not primarily on illegal immigrants, but on lawful permanent residents of the United States who at some time in the past ran afoul of the criminal law.

That further reinforces the notion that a black man can be bigger, smarter, and more audacious than the organized crime racketeers that in decades past ran and still largely run the drug trade in America.

After all, we have supported McCain in his past runs for office".

And as many establishment candidates have discovered in the past, running against such an opponent can be an uncomfortable experience.

Manet's pastiches of Velázquez speak entirely in the present tense, in which the past runs headlong into the unknown.

The idea summons up angry emotions in a region where sensitivities about the colonial past run deep.

And those who are determined to forget the past run a high risk of reliving it — which is why we're in the state we're in.