| Fifteen minutes elapse before he finishes reading both sides of the letter-sized paper. |
| The length of time which must elapse before the trial could come on was dreadful. |
| It had been four years since Blur last played the capital, let us hope that the same amount of time does not have to elapse before the next batch of dates. |
| Many years could elapse before an Arab system of democratic government emerges, if indeed it does. |
| He could have allowed a decent interval to elapse after the disastrous air strike, and then ordered the supply route reopened. |
| A few more moments passed in a seamless elapse of time until the deep metal sound of the ending bell was heard. |
