"The deadline for signing has long since come and gone."

But even that deadline could come and go without charges.

Lawyers told the judge that the deadline was coming at a difficult time.

Too many other deadlines had come and gone, they said.

But the deadline came and went without any news about the hostages.

The deadline came and passed without any action from the authorities.

By the time the original December 5 deadline for finding a job came around, a little less than 100 were still without jobs.

But when the deadline came, the families said they wanted to stay.

The following day, another deadline on Olive came and went.

But the deadline came and went with no word on his fate.