Example sentences of "ran as fast as [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Terror gripped the two men as they ran as fast as they could away from the ghostly train towards Elsham signal box . |
2 | The boys heard the crash and they ran as fast as they could to get help from the police and ambulance , but when the police and ambulance got there they only found the boys ' fishing tackle where they had dumped it in such haste . |
3 | ‘ We then ran as fast as we could and only minutes later the bomb went off . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I ran as fast as I dared along the Tottenham Court Road . |
6 | I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house . |
7 | Oliver , filled with anxiety , ran as fast as he could along the country roads and across the fields until , hot and exhausted , he reached the town . |
8 | Then he turned and ran as fast as he could to catch up with Trung . |
9 | ‘ I will go up to the roof , just remember though to tell them to send a ladder up there ’ said Ralph ‘ Take the child with you and hurry ’ And with that Carter ran as fast as he could through the dark air with the lady and child and before long he was out Ralph 's sight . |
10 | While the rider tried to hold on , to calm the horse and to prevent himself being thrown , Ruth ran as fast as she could towards the wood . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Renewed tears flowing , dirty hands in dirty pockets , she ran from that terrible , disloyal little hen — ran as fast as she could to find Anderson , with his promise of comfort and sound advice . |
13 | She ran home , ran as fast as she could ; she was running from the picture of Miss Arabella Marks deep in a hole where earth crept up round her lace-frilled socks and drowned her beautiful blue eyes . |