Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There he became a world champion in a year filled with controversy and difficulty and there he learned that he neither really liked being world champion ( it was inhibiting ) nor really driving fast cars as fast as he was expected to ( they were thoroughly frightening ) . |
| 2 | We both got out of the jeep as fast as we could and sprinted in the direction of the slit trenches . |
| 3 | We called and shouted and sailed our little boat as fast as we could . |
| 4 | Two of them disappeared without trace as fast as they could . |
| 5 | And then , without caring what the headmaster might think , he ran after Maisie as fast as he could . |
| 6 | The principle of interchangeable parts did not catch on in British industry as fast as it did in the American gun industry ; Colt 's revolvers were the great examples of what became known as the American system of manufacture . |
| 7 | And , Hal , from Chester I must go north to the march as fast as I may , for Walton sends me word there are new raids threatening , and it 's his belief and mine there are French knights serving there with Douglas . ’ |
| 8 | If they are too far away to charge the Snotlings move towards the nearest enemy as fast as they are able . |
| 9 | Before our friend had finished telling us his news I got on my bicycle and rode to the cemetery as fast as I could . |
| 10 | Since deregulation , buses are only trying to get from A to B as fast as possible in order to make as much profit as possible . |
| 11 | Designed to provide a straight answer to a straight question as fast as possible . |
| 12 | Or — and this thought only occurred to me when I was out on the street and running for the hill as fast as I could — as if there was something else behind his eyes , looking out at the world , waiting for the awful moment when it would start to take apart our little corner of the planet , piece by shabby piece . |
| 13 | The Sword Masters are so superlatively trained that they can wield these mighty swords as fast as an ordinary warrior can a normal sword . |
| 14 | The Sword Masters are so superlatively trained that they can wield their mighty swords as fast as an ordinary warrior can use a normal sword . |
| 15 | The Sword Masters are so superlatively trained that they can wield these mighty swords as fast as an ordinary warrior can use a normal sword . |
| 16 | Suez was the watershed between our imperial past and our offshore island future : before Suez we sought to restore our declining power ; after Suez we shed our self-imposed colonial responsibilities as fast as we could reasonably do so . |
| 17 | One day in February , just six weeks after Sarah accepted Nahum Morey 's proposal , Edward Wooldridge ran home from the Chertsey Infants ' School on the corner of St Anne 's Road as fast as his six-year-old legs would carry him . |
| 18 | If Ellwood went to the house , Zeno got him out of the place as fast as he could . |
| 19 | I 'm getting us off this planet as fast as I can . ’ |
| 20 | I left the hotel and returned to Geneva as fast as I could . |
| 21 | Of course , if prices generally do rise , the value of money falls with all sorts of unpleasant consequences for the classes who can not raise their money incomes as fast as others , and , in the case of Britain particularly , for the national balance of payments . |
| 22 | Turning , she hobbled back to her room as fast as she could and took her jewel box out of the drawer . |
| 23 | Of course , we can in theory expand the business as fast as we like , but even a major player like Sainsbury 's has n't got an infinite supply of skilled bakers and bakery managers on hand . |
| 24 | There was no one about in the woods , so she 'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could . |
| 25 | ‘ Then one of you go to town as fast as you can and fetch a policeman and Dr Losberne . |
| 26 | He turned and went out and hurried along Baker Street as fast as his game leg would allow . |
| 27 | For a moment he paused to massage the circulation back into his tightly compressed toes , then he was racing along the narrow alley as fast as his legs would carry him . |
| 28 | Not giving her resolve time to weaken , she slipped off her shoes and hurtled up the alley as fast as she could go . |
| 29 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 30 | She scrambled down the tree as fast as she could . |