Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 2 | President Bush has enjoyed rising approval ratings , and communism 's appeal has collapsed as fast as communism . |
| 3 | We want to grow as fast as we can . ’ |
| 4 | Fourth , spending on front-office systems , such as those supporting foreign exchange , funds and transfer payments , is not expected to grow as fast as that on back-office systems , covering such applications as transaction processing , clearing and settlement . |
| 5 | Constance came hurrying as fast as she could with her stick . |
| 6 | Poor Nutmeg was very scared , he began to run as fast as he could . |
| 7 | A protesting Maltote was roused and ordered to ride as fast as he could to the royal camp outside Bedford . |
| 8 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
| 9 | She has such a thirst after knowledge that the more she knows , I verily think the humbler she is , and I can not help letting go as fast as she pulls as my son used to do to his kite . |
| 10 | Half the squadron had a go at Woolley , popping off a couple of rounds in his general direction and then having to dive away fast when he swung towards them . |
| 11 | Both attempt to go as fast as possible . |
| 12 | He heard a cry from the top + the sound of something falling , but he kept running as fast as he could , meowing loudly . |
| 13 | I 'm trying to go as fast as I can . |
| 14 | She continued walking as fast as she could away from Emminster . |
| 15 | If automobile technology had advanced as fast as computer technology over the same period then the current equivalent BL car , the Metro , would now cost 45 pence to buy , and run for over a year on a gallon of petrol . |
| 16 | ‘ The length of a cricket pitch , and you had to move as fast as Denis Compton , believe you me , to get from one end to the other and pull them levers . ’ |
| 17 | If during the last twenty years , the costs of automobiles had declined as fast as those for memory capacity in computers , today a Rolls-Royce would cost 50 cents ( van Tulder and Junne , 1988 ) . |
| 18 | My heart would suddenly start beating very fast as though my life was beating out of me . |
| 19 | Sometimes there may be a timed section which is a few jumps and you have to go as fast as you can . |
| 20 | This a times course of jumps in a ring and you have to go as fast as you can . |
| 21 | One implication of phenomenal rates of economic growth can be seen in rising incomes leading to an enormous increase in the ownership of consumer durables , although it is debatable whether incomes have risen as fast as GNP . |
| 22 | if either has risen , whether it has failed to rise as fast as Gross Domestic Product . |