There is a bank around the corner, but I'm afraid it's already past its closing time.

附近有家银行，但恐怕现在已经超过营业时间了。

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In the past, students used to play outside more often, but now they spend more time inside.

在过去，学生更经常在外面玩，但是现在他们更多时间是在家里。

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In the past, New Story built its houses in a normal way, but it took a long time.

过去，New Story用常规的方式来建造房屋，但这要花很长时间。

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But the wait time has increased again over the past year.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

The Japanese government bailed out the airline three times in the past 10 years, but it could not save the company from bankruptcy this time around.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

The phaseout won't be completed until 2006 or so, but for the second time in the past decade the once-famous marque will disappear, possibly this time forever.

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Got has faced deportation by the INS on two occasions in the past 15 months, but each time the action was blocked by federal courts.

CNN: Boy used in smuggling scheme can stay in U.S.

Mr Blair said there was no doubt at all that Iraq had dominated much of the political agenda in the past year but the bulk of his time had been taken up with the public service agenda.

BBC: At-a-glance: Blair news conference