| The second type of participle, the past participle, is a little more complicated, since not all verbs form the past tense regularly. |
| The past forms of nominal sentences are verbal sentences because of the verb of existence which expresses the past tense. |
| With an eye on longevity, the book is written entirely in the past tense, which also helps give it an impressive and immediate air of gravitas. |
| But instead of referring to him in the past tense here, I've referred to him in the present. |
| British imperialism is habitually referred to in the past tense, as if it had gone the way of the empire. |
| This is a bond of trust that football writers speak of only in the past tense. |
