After spending four years in jail, he was set free for good behaviour.

is in previous month

is in previous year

The past is the past.

They were surely the virtuous before this.

Verily they have been before that well doers.

Verily, they were before this Muhsinun (good doers see V. 2 112).

They were virtuous before that.

Verily they did good works before (the coming of this Day)

Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

They had been righteous people before the Day of Judgment.

They have done good works in the past,

Yanukovych s government must take stock of its behavior.

In other words, it inverts the default behaviour.

Were you at the theater last Saturday?

Because we didn't talk.

Were you in America last month?

Did you live in Sasayama last year?

I was in London last month.

We were in London last winter.

Tom is stuck in the past.

Tom is stuck in the past.

I spent last year in Boston.

We were in Boston last winter.

depart is in the past

That time is past.

(Lot) said I am disgusted with your actions,

He said, I am disgusted with your works.

He said, 'Truly I am a detester of what you do.

He said verily I am of those who abhor your work.

He said I am, indeed, of those who disapprove with severe anger and fury your (this evil) action (of sodomy).

He said, I certainly deplore your conduct.

He said I am one of those who abhor your practice.

He said I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.

He said, Indeed I detest your conduct.

He said 'Truly, I am a detester of what you do'

He said, Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest it .

He said, I certainly hate what you practice.

He said Surely I am of those who utterly abhor your doing

He said, I am one of those who abhors your ways.

He said I do detest your doings.

I'm surprised at your behavior.

His conduct was admirable.

His behavior was theatrical.

I don't approve of his conduct.