Example sentences of "and [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were in , piled one on top of another , and away fast before the significance of the situation fully sank in . |
| 2 | It 's the highway and as fast as we can go . ’ |
| 3 | In many cases the fault and/or recovery from complex equipment failure must be tackled on the spot and as fast as possible ( emergency/panic situation that affects the servicing personnel 's performance as well ) . |
| 4 | For all the rhetoric of a ‘ classless ’ society , of enabling people ‘ to rise as far and as fast as they can ’ , to quote John Major 's first speech to the new parliament , the reality remains of a nation in which inherited wealth and privilege , and institutionalised power or authority , matter far more than what individuals make of themselves . |
| 5 | and as fast as I could |
| 6 | I could see it running in her until it overflowed , and as fast as it ran more grief took its place until the lane and the streams ran with grief and all the valley was the colour of grief . |
| 7 | It is easy to drive , and quite fast if you rev its loudish 16-valve engine . |