Sentence examples for would be past from inspiring English sources

"At noon the most intense part of the storm would be past us," he said.

Pierre is so fast, Piazza said, he thought Pierre would be past him by the time he caught the ball.

By the time she actually collected her full $2 million, Ms. Brodie, 30, would be past retirement age.

The fire began at about 1 A.M., and it would be past 4 A.M. before my seven-year-old brother and I got back to bed.

Pondering this for a few minutes would render the question academic, since the missile would be past interception.Such issues are discussed by defence pundits in Japan, but by few others.

If it was correct, they told her, she would be past its deadline.

(You would think she'd be past the playing-the-whole-album phase).

Had this become normal science eight years ago, we'd be past it already.

You'd think we'd be past the thinking that "violent video games" turns everyone in maniacs, but apparently not.

That would be the past as in 500 years ago.

That would be departures from past practice.