Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] fast " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went to the afterguard and said our boats are not optimised or going as fast as I would like and asked for recommendations , ’ said Koch . |
| 2 | Mouse pups born in Dr Friedler 's laboratory weighed less at birth and failed to grow or mature as fast as those born of fathers treated ( for the sake of comparison ) with either salt-water injections or compressed air . |
| 3 | The Spanish worry that moving too fast towards monetary union could leave Spain and others behind . |
| 4 | It was in motion , a carousel of two-seater chairs that spun unbelievably fast whilst it bobbed up and down on its rollers . |
| 5 | ‘ The companies should be warned of the falling guillotine and urged to produce and ship as fast as they can . ’ |
| 6 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 7 | Tearing the wrapping from the pump gun , he unzipped the case and headed uphill fast through the pines . |
| 8 | We crawled through the bushes ; real ambush stuff , straight down the road , into the van and drove very fast . |
| 9 | Winston Churchill was to write : ‘ The conflict sank once more to the bloody but local struggles of two or three divisions repeatedly renewed as fast as they were consumed , and consumed as fast as they were renewed . |
| 10 | Ana turned to leave , unhappy and going too fast . |
| 11 | The terrified Frankie skidded round the corner wall of the end house and raced as fast as his legs would carry him down towards the walkway gate . |
| 12 | It winters well and grows very fast . |
| 13 | Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can . |
| 14 | Panic throbbed through my body and , if I had n't been made of sterner stuff , I would have dug spurs into my horse and galloped as fast as I could back to Ipswich . |
| 15 | Like most new companies , they were overtrading alarmingly and expanding so fast that there was never adequate working capital . |
| 16 | So shocked was he , and flying so fast , that he gulped and swallowed her whole . |
| 17 | If I 'd been able to guess at the future , the turning point would have been right there — wheeling the ship around and moving as fast as possible away from anything to do with Fraxilly . |
| 18 | Food processors have revolutionised some people 's lives because they take all the effort out of preparing food , as they do all the chopping , slicing , grating , blending , whisking , and kneading incredibly fast . |
| 19 | Hardly had he done this before he heard that Yucef was near at hand , and coming as fast as he could come . |
| 20 | We had six minutes to eat lunch , so I stuffed bread , yoghourt , fish stew and beans into my mouth , and chewed as fast as I could . |
| 21 | He says sometimes it 's a pain cos you get up and if I 'm late I 've got to rush around and go as fast as I can to school and you get cold and your fingers start freezing up so it 's not much fun . |
| 22 | And if Marian and the outlaws had already met there was no reason why she should not use the highway and move as fast as they . |
| 23 | Any animal that has been sprayed just once will respond immediately and back away fast from a displaying skunk . |
| 24 | It was now well up , and flowing very fast indeed . |
| 25 | He must complete his mission and leave as fast as possible . |
| 26 | Decisive and moves forward fast . |
| 27 | Some days she had a fever and spoke very fast . |
| 28 | This will help eliminate the virus through your urine and sweat as fast as possible . |
| 29 | He got out of his seat , bent low , and ran very fast along the aisle towards the front of the plane . |
| 30 | Twisting into the first side street and then a smaller street off that and along its full length he ran and ran as fast as his legs would carry him . |