Example sentences of "[noun prp] as fast as " in BNC.
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1 | And then , without caring what the headmaster might think , he ran after Maisie as fast as he could . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | I left the hotel and returned to Geneva as fast as I could . |
4 | He turned and went out and hurried along Baker Street as fast as his game leg would allow . |
5 | She must get away from Nathan Bryce as fast as she could . |
6 | She snapped the locks on the case , lifting it from the table , wanting only to get away from Luke Calder as fast as she could . |
7 | Zahedi said he intended to settle the oil dispute with Britain as fast as he could , and the United States at once promised the loans that it had refused Mossadeq . |
8 | Gabriel shook his head furiously ; then hurried back to the Mason as fast as he could go without spilling the liquor . |
9 | ‘ I just want to leave London as fast as possible , ’ Evelyn replied , playing along . |
10 | If you were rich , you left London as fast as you could . |
11 | You 'll see , they 'll quarter the soldiers on us , but the king 's officers will be pushing on for London as fast as they can . ’ |
12 | The moment the work was done he had ordered his coachman to drive him back to Millfield as fast as the horses would go . |