Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [adv] fast as " in BNC.
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1 | I lay on my back and watched it for a second , then got up and ran after her as fast as I could , again just because I knew I could n't catch her . |
2 | I ran after him as fast as I could . |
3 | I ran towards it as fast as I could — and found an old man with a lantern . |
4 | She always mentions them in her winner 's speech but maybe the players taking part should take a moment to think what makes it possible for them to perform , and maybe say ‘ thank you ’ for all the years of loyalty from these people , instead of getting away from them as fast as they can . |
5 | I ran away from him as fast as possible , and did not stop until I found myself in some fields . |
6 | She collected the money for his drink , and got away from him as fast as she could . |
7 | He 'll drop you in it as fast as he can if it will help him , Luke ! ’ |
8 | I was speeding toward it as fast as gravity could take me . |
9 | ‘ And after that , ’ Woolley said , ‘ you will come back here and stop the German air force from examining the hole which their artillery has just blown in the British Line , a hole about the size of Lancashire , and that will be the biggest waste of time of all , because the German Army found that hole an hour ago , and is now galloping through it as fast as its little legs will carry it , heading in the direction of … ’ he snipped the final toe-nail and straightened his leg to study the fault' … us . ’ |
10 | Apart from moving through it as fast as possible on a pair of skis , ’ he added with an unexpected flash of humour . |