Communism will never be reached in my lifetime.

"Want to drop round my place?" "Can I?" "My parents come home late as they both work."

Closer examination revealed that the skull had been crushed by some heavy blow.

I was hitting the slots, and before I knew it, it's this time already.

In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.

I'm going to get going before this feeling goes!! Well they do say "Strike while the iron is hot."

I came to know the man who is now my husband through e-mail; from an acquaintanceship started in that odd way, before a month had passed, we found ourselves resolving to get married.

It seems that there will be a storm soon.

As he talked, he got more and more excited.

Old age creeps upon us unnoticed.

You must not get off the train before it stops.

Let's start before the sun rises.

When my alarm clock goes off, I always stop it in my sleep.

Hardly had I closed my eyes when I fell asleep.

The curtain fell amid the wild applause of the audience.

While I was reading, I fell asleep.

While reading a book, he fell asleep.

I got up while it was still dark.

I could read between the lines.

He hung up before I could say anything.