Past
Puede realizar funciones de preposición, adverbio, adjetivo y nombre. Vamos a ver a continuación sus diferentes usos como preposición.
1.- Preposición de lugar:
1.1.- Movimiento: Por delante de
The car drove past the petrol station
The old man walked past the stadium
The student walked past several colleges until he arrived at his hall of residence
The cat ran past me chasing the mouse
Peter went past me on his new bike
If you go past the post office, could you please send this letter?
The dog runs past me looking for the ball
1.2.- Posición: Más allá de
The Museum is past the park
I work in the offices past the school
You will find the bookshop past the corner
Turn right 200 meters past the theatre and you will find your hotel
I lived on Mansel Road, just past the McDonald
2.- Preposición de tiempo: después de, más tarde de
It’s quarter past three (es un cuarto de hora más tardes de las tres)
The meeting is due to finish at 10 past two
It’s past lunchtime
My mother is past 60
It was past midday when we arrived at the hotel
Yesterday I was in the office past midnight
My boss is past retirement age but he is still on active duty
This yoghourt is past its expiration date
We saw the sunrise at half past seven
3.- Otros significados
3.1.- Genérico: más allá de
What you say is past belief (increíble)
The inflation rate in that country is past 10 percent
I was so tired that I couldn’t read past the second page
This couple is past the point of reconciling
This shop has daily sales past the 10.000 euros