Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let out her pent-up breath in a loud gasp of relief ; then she bent over the handlebars and sent the bike whizzing as fast as she could pedal it across the remaining hundred yards or so of field . |
| 2 | Keep the board moving as fast as possible . |
| 3 | Get the board moving as fast as possible with the centreboard retracted . |
| 4 | I also developed the speed to play as fast as I wanted . |
| 5 | The rest of those in the room have to try and do what the leader does as fast as possible afterwards , but without making obvious who the leader is . |
| 6 | All he wanted was a ‘ getaway car ’ to take him away from the zebra crossing as fast as possible because , when he jumped into my life , he was being chased by a whole gang armed with crossbows and intent on target practice . |
| 7 | One stayed behind and the other hurried as fast as her advancing years would permit , to fetch a neighbour from a nearby cottage . |
| 8 | Cranston pulled a face and he and the friar walked as fast as dignity would allow from that loathsome place . |