Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] fast [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gags fly as fast as the bullets . |
| 2 | Once again , the wisecracks fly as fast as the bullets — and are just as deadly . |
| 3 | Traditionally , the more active members have tended to belong to local groups , and the numbers of groups and group members have not grown as fast as the national membership . |
| 4 | THE good news yesterday was that the public sector borrowing requirement may not be growing as fast as the pessimists feared , and the need for tax increases in the Budget may not be as insistent as some analysts believe . |
| 5 | They headed south-east from the city , the Ferrari moving as fast as the wind , following the ‘ Via Tuscolana ’ signs for Frascati where , Nicolo insisted , they would find the best white wine in the world . |
| 6 | Here the air was clear and light , and the river Froom rushed as fast as the shadow of a cloud . |
| 7 | Others had festering wounds that seemed never to heal , or had adapted themselves to a three-legged gait , running as fast as the other dogs but with one leg , withered or deformed from birth , tucked up under their bodies . |
| 8 | I could n't even walk as fast as the kids , and standing for more than five minutes was impossible . |
| 9 | ( Part of the reason for this , other than the high initial cost of the hardware , is that film recorders take quite an appreciable time to image the slide whereas a rostrum camera works as fast as the operator can change the artwork . ) |