Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] fast that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her heart was galloping so fast that she felt quite giddy with happiness . |
| 2 | Before it was halfway through its arc Hrun 's right hand moved so fast that it appeared to travel between two points in space without at any time occupying the intervening air . |
| 3 | Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast . |
| 4 | It came so fast that she hardly knew what had happened . |
| 5 | There is no point in a defendant blaming his defective brakes if he was going so fast that nothing could have stopped him , or in blaming a puncture if he was driving on a tyre that was worn down to the canvas . |
| 6 | SATELLITES : They are in SPACE and stay there by going so fast that they never stay in one place long enough to fall down . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , it all happened so fast that they cancelled the sold-out dates because they simply could n't get their work permits in time . |
| 8 | It happened so fast that her mind went into a spin , and she reeled dizzily , her gaze unfocused . |
| 9 | Isabel knew her heart had ceased beating because now it shuddered into action again , racing so fast that she began to feel faint . |
| 10 | ‘ The widow , ’ replied Hank , with more than a trace of impatience in his voice , and then continued : ‘ And it 's selling so fast that I do n't know what to do with the money . |
| 11 | Its population was expanding so fast that it seemed impossible that food production could keep pace with it . |
| 12 | Like most new companies , they were overtrading alarmingly and expanding so fast that there was never adequate working capital . |
| 13 | A crowd of tiny creatures , moving so fast that it could hardly see them , charged out from under the table and wrapped a length of old electricity wire around its outflung arms . |
| 14 | In the same moment , she started to come , hips rising so fast that she almost bucked him off . |
| 15 | He was coming so fast that she knew he had not seen her and she had to brake sharply , frowning with exasperation . |
| 16 | Standing up to straighten his back , he would take as many as half a dozen buds , popping them all into his mouth , then down he 'd go , snick , snick , bud in , and on to the next — he went so fast that it took two assistants following behind and tying in to keep up with him ! |
| 17 | My only worry is that , with the ground drying up , they might go so fast that he gets disheartened . |
| 18 | She tossed her head defiantly , and just for a moment saw a flicker of something in his eyes before it was gone so fast that she knew she must have imagined it . |
| 19 | The whirligig sometimes moves so fast that it overtakes its own ripples , and then any slight slope in the surface alerts it to an obstacle . |
| 20 | Before she realised it , she was in his arms again , and this time he kissed her fiercely , a long kiss that left her feeling faint and breathless , and caused her heart to beat so fast that she felt sure he must be conscious of its wild throbbing . |
| 21 | She heard Ana scream her name but it had all happened so fast that she was stunned . |
| 22 | Although Laura 's formal education finished prematurely , she showed a remarkable capacity for intellectual growth in the middle years of her life : many of her ideas were changing so fast that her colleagues often found it difficult to keep pace . |
| 23 | The next few seconds seemed to move so fast that none of the witnesses to it , eagles or people , could ever quite remember the sequence of events . |
| 24 | Her heart was beating so fast that she felt out of breath . |