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 .
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