Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the hon. Gentleman 's constituency , the time taken is being reduced , although it has not been reduced as fast as we should like . |
| 2 | Oxygen is much less soluble in water than carbon dioxide and in order for fish life to be sustained it must be replenished as fast as it is used up . |
| 3 | Defensive positions must be prepared as fast as possible . |
| 4 | Thousands were distributed as fast as they could be printed . |
| 5 | Your letter is moved as fast as possible in the UK and you receive express delivery abroad where this is available ( see the list of countries in the Royal Mail International Guide ) . |
| 6 | For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her . |