Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] fast [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I also developed the speed to play as fast as I wanted . |
| 4 | At the Queen Street entrance she caught a glimpse of a red-clad figure running as fast as her legs would carry her to keep up with the woman who was taking her away . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | AS the January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen , many questions were left unanswered . |
| 7 | Shamlou 's smile vanished as fast as it had come . |
| 8 | One stayed behind and the other hurried as fast as her advancing years would permit , to fetch a neighbour from a nearby cottage . |
| 9 | They ran towards them , Willie following as fast as he could , climbing over several small children on the way . |
| 10 | The first full edition seems to have been assembled in a very haphazard fashion , with names added as fast as they could be obtained , out of alphabetical order , and with an unreliable index . |
| 11 | Over one hundred Tesco stores have bottle banks to collect glass for recycling and we are introducing paper banks as fast as we can . |
| 12 | It 's the same reason why bullfighters go into the bullring and Nigel Mansell drives as fast as he does . |
| 13 | ‘ But I 'm sure the little girl 's friends ran specially fast because they loved her so much . ’ |
| 14 | Once they had left the shop and collected their horses , Athelstan and Cranston rode as fast as they could up Piper Alley back into the main thoroughfare . |
| 15 | Toiling up the slope from Falmer railway station , you had the Kafkaesque sensation of walking into an endlessly deep stage set where apparently three-dimensional objects turned out to be painted flats , and reality receded as fast as you pursued it . |
| 16 | ‘ I will go up to the roof , just remember though to tell them to send a ladder up there ’ said Ralph ‘ Take the child with you and hurry ’ And with that Carter ran as fast as he could through the dark air with the lady and child and before long he was out Ralph 's sight . |
| 17 | ‘ You got to keep going when you find 'em , ’ he continued , ‘ the little buggers disappear as fast as they come . ’ |
| 18 | Tony went as fast as he could , and I was concentrating on staying on board as we rattled over the bumpy paths . |