Example sentences of "[coord] [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 companies should be warned of the falling guillotine and urged to produce and ship as fast as they can . ’
4 His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go .
5 Tearing the wrapping from the pump gun , he unzipped the case and headed uphill fast through the pines .
6 We crawled through the bushes ; real ambush stuff , straight down the road , into the van and drove very fast .
7 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 .
8 Ana turned to leave , unhappy and going too fast .
9 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 .
10 It winters well and grows very fast .
11 Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can .
12 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 .
13 Like most new companies , they were overtrading alarmingly and expanding so fast that there was never adequate working capital .
14 So shocked was he , and flying so fast , that he gulped and swallowed her whole .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Hardly had he done this before he heard that Yucef was near at hand , and coming as fast as he could come .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Any animal that has been sprayed just once will respond immediately and back away fast from a displaying skunk .
22 It was now well up , and flowing very fast indeed .
23 He must complete his mission and leave as fast as possible .
24 Decisive and moves forward fast .
25 Some days she had a fever and spoke very fast .
26 This will help eliminate the virus through your urine and sweat as fast as possible .
27 He got out of his seat , bent low , and ran very fast along the aisle towards the front of the plane .
28 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 .
29 Joseph smiled hesitantly and waved , but this embarrassed the little Annamese girl and she turned and ran as fast as she could to catch up with her parents .
30 Then he turned and ran as fast as he could to catch up with Trung .
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