Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] fast " in BNC.

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1 Nothing goes as fast as I want it ’ ) , there were problems with design .
2 I was halfway across the floor of this valley when Ann came running past ; when I say running , I mean as fast as she could stumble over the uneven ground , pack on her back , carrying her fishing-rod .
3 But no , I wind as fast as possible and catch up with the fish which is swimming toward me .
4 I moved too fast
5 I came as fast as I could . ’
6 I look away fast .
7 ‘ Am I going too fast for you , Jimmy ? ’ he quipped .
8 Harry Lawrence , Agency , shot dead in Athens , am I going too fast for you ? , ’
9 I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case .
10 We 've all been overtaken by someone going too fast and too close to the vehicle in front . ’
11 But perhaps I go too fast .
12 If I go too fast , tell me — or , so help me , I 'll … ’
13 if I go too fast !
14 " shall I go as fast as a whirlwind , as fast as thought , or as fast as a bird ? "
15 He thinks I reacted too fast .
16 I ran as fast as I dared along the Tottenham Court Road .
17 You may think you are a good enough driver to go over the speed limit , but you may also realise that a world in which everyone drove very fast might be a little on the dangerous side .
18 Bones which grow so fast need lots of calcium .
19 You got here fast . ’
20 A bad driver who drives too fast around corners , or brakes too suddenly will train horses to avoid being floated again !
21 ‘ Anyone who drives too fast , ’ is his simple answer .
22 She moved so fast to the door he had no time for even one step .
23 Instead of another row with her mother , she had decided that she must get to the bottom of things by going up to the Hall and speaking to Miss Hatherby , and she pedalled as fast as she could .
24 She drove as fast as she dared past the Jardin Anglais and at last swung out on to the Quai Gustav Ador .
25 " Where are you going so fast ? "
26 were you going really fast ?
27 You run as fast as you can away from it .
28 You get here fast no problem to my country
29 Instead she walked as fast as she could towards the river , past the mean little houses below the cathedral .
30 More grievous allegations were brought against the bicycling ‘ scorchers ’ who went too fast or , to strike another note of discontent , who went too far and barged into middle-class leisure haunts .
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