Sentence examples of "centuries past" in English

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The construction straddled two centuries. La costruzione è stata realizzata a cavallo di due secoli.

It's twenty past six. Sono le sei e venti.

It gets dark about half past five these days. Fa buio dopo le cinque e mezzo questi giorni.

Had I started to socialize with people in the past, maybe I would be a different person now, but, because of the shy temper I had at that time, now I really have few friends. Se solo in passato avessi iniziato a socializzare con la gente, a quest'ora forse sarei un'altra persona, ma, a causa del mio carattere chiuso che avevo a quei tempi, mi ritrovo con pochi amici e basta.

I don't know anything about his past. Non conosco nulla del suo passato.

What happened belongs to the past. Quello che è successo appartiene al passato.

In one's reading, great writers of the past must be given the most attention. Tra le proprie letture, bisognerebbe riservare particolare attenzione ai grandi scrittori del passato.

We can record the past and present. Possiamo registrare il passato e il presente.

We slept until half past 7. Abbiamo dormito fino alle 7 e mezza.

If only I used to socialize with people in the past, I might have turned into a different person, but, due to the inward personality I had back in the days, I'm now stuck with just few friends. Se solo in passato avessi iniziato a socializzare con la gente, a quest'ora forse sarei un'altra persona, ma, a causa del mio carattere chiuso che avevo a quei tempi, mi ritrovo con pochi amici e basta.

My mother woke me up saying "It's a quarter past seven". Mia madre mi ha svegliato dicendo: “Sono le sette e un quarto”.

Don't trust a man whose past you know nothing about. Non fidarti di un uomo di cui non sai nulla sul suo passato.

Old people look back on the past too much. Gli anziani riguardano troppo il passato.

It is twenty minutes past ten. Sono le dieci e venti.

I looked at my watch and noted that it was past five. Ho guardato il mio orologio e ho notato che erano le cinque passate.

It’s a quarter past eight. Sono le otto e un quarto.

But it's almost half past eleven. Ma sono quasi le undici e mezza.

If only I used to meet more people in the past, today I'd be a different person. But, due to my introverted nature, I can now rely on very few friends. Se solo in passato avessi iniziato a socializzare con la gente, a quest'ora forse sarei un'altra persona, ma, a causa del mio carattere chiuso che avevo a quei tempi, mi ritrovo con pochi amici e basta.

In the past it was thought the world was flat. In passato si pensava che il mondo fosse piatto.

Pleasure is always in the past or in the future, never in the present. Il piacere è sempre o passato o futuro, non mai presente.

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