Then she took a mental back step and asked herself how things had so far proceeded.

So far, things were proceeding well, but it was still early in the game.

We would be isolated, cut off as things proceeded without us.

After that, things pretty much proceed the way they normally do.

He never was when things were not proceeding according to plan.

If things proceed on schedule, the 60,000-square-foot museum should open in about four years.

I would appreciate any guidance on the way things may proceed.

Then they had come here, and now things were proceeding much too quickly.

I am rather shaken by the way things are proceeding here this evening!

This is no precedent for how things should proceed in future.