Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] fast [subord] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hardly able to see a hand in front of her , but refusing to be daunted , Luce moved as fast as she dared down an alley-way little more than a metre wide . |
| 2 | She continued walking as fast as she could away from Emminster . |
| 3 | She drove as fast as she dared past the Jardin Anglais and at last swung out on to the Quai Gustav Ador . |
| 4 | Instead of another row with her mother , she had decided that she must get to the bottom of things by going up to the Hall and speaking to Miss Hatherby , and she pedalled as fast as she could . |
| 5 | Constance came hurrying as fast as she could with her stick . |
| 6 | Instead she walked as fast as she could towards the river , past the mean little houses below the cathedral . |
| 7 | I was halfway across the floor of this valley when Ann came running past ; when I say running , I mean as fast as she could stumble over the uneven ground , pack on her back , carrying her fishing-rod . |
| 8 | She let out her pent-up breath in a loud gasp of relief ; then she bent over the handlebars and sent the bike whizzing as fast as she could pedal it across the remaining hundred yards or so of field . |
| 9 | ‘ We looked round , and there was Anna , crawling as fast as she could to me . |
| 10 | The first was a short man who was walking along the street , and the second was a little girl who was running as fast as she could . |
| 11 | Nenna shook off her other shoe and began half walking and half running as fast as she could , not looking behind her , Laburnum Street , Whiston Street , Hows Street , Pearson Street , a group at the end of Cremers Street who stood laughing , probably at her . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | For a while , Jem manages to restrict Scout who does n't realise how serious everything is and wants to run to Atticus , but eventually she breaks free and runs as fast as she can to him . |
| 18 | But Jane , the Imp Sixer , added quickly : ‘ But it does n't matter — she runs quite fast when she does start . ’ |