Example sentences of "[adv] fast as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subjectively it feels every bit as fast as its maker claims , but what really impresses is the torque . |
| 2 | But undulating side-wings are not such powerful propellants as a thrashing tail , so the manta can not swim as fast as its shark cousins or rival them as hunters . |
| 3 | ‘ And after that , ’ Woolley said , ‘ you will come back here and stop the German air force from examining the hole which their artillery has just blown in the British Line , a hole about the size of Lancashire , and that will be the biggest waste of time of all , because the German Army found that hole an hour ago , and is now galloping through it as fast as its little legs will carry it , heading in the direction of … ’ he snipped the final toe-nail and straightened his leg to study the fault' … us . ’ |
| 4 | One stayed behind and the other hurried as fast as her advancing years would permit , to fetch a neighbour from a nearby cottage . |
| 5 | By the time the stars had faded , Maldita 's heart had rallied , beating almost as fast as her pounding little hooves had on the pampas . |
| 6 | When all was silent , except for the distant buzz of conversation from the tea , she crept out and almost ran down the back passage , as fast as her high-heeled shoes would permit . |
| 7 | Then as fast as her legs would carry her , she shambled down the path towards the gate . |
| 8 | As fast as her rheumatic legs would carry her , she toddled round to the Rope Walk , to the house where Eb and Josh and Ruth had been born and brought up . |
| 9 | At the Queen Street entrance she caught a glimpse of a red-clad figure running as fast as her legs would carry her to keep up with the woman who was taking her away . |
| 10 | Outside on the roof the drummers began to speed up , thrashing the great cavernous half-globes as fast as their hands could rise and fall . |
| 11 | They ran off as fast as their legs would carry them . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ No , no , ’ Sandison said and he turned the pages of the little book as fast as his fingers would allow . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Frantically crossing himself over and over again , he fled screaming towards the grooms ' quarter as fast as his fat legs would carry him . |
| 17 | ( There are spiders too : an engineer , inspecting the Lake as it was filling , reported seeing a half-drowned tree covered with what appeared to be black foliage : he paddled alongside , then shot away as fast as his blades could carry him . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , Noah Claypole , amazed by all that he had heard , crept up the steps and ran for Fagin 's house as fast as his legs could carry him . |
| 20 | Will got up and , as fast as his old body would allow , stormed out into the garden , leaving his children , mouths agape , behind him . |
| 21 | This distaste for the subject of money should also guide his behaviour if another gentleman was impudent enough to enquire about his income : ‘ [ In such a situation the mirza ] should try to get the topic changed ; if not he should leave the house to its owner and run away as fast as his feet can carry him . |
| 22 | He ran the short distance down the side-street as fast as his gammy leg would let him . |
| 23 | He turned and went out and hurried along Baker Street as fast as his game leg would allow . |
| 24 | He had been playing on the terrace , but he clambered to his feet and , yelling , ‘ Mo ’ car , ’ hurtled down the drive as fast as his little legs would carry him . |