Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [verb] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 ‘ I went to the afterguard and said our boats are not optimised or going as fast as I would like and asked for recommendations , ’ said Koch .
2 His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go .
3 Mouse pups born in Dr Friedler 's laboratory weighed less at birth and failed to grow or mature as fast as those born of fathers treated ( for the sake of comparison ) with either salt-water injections or compressed air .
4 Joseph smiled hesitantly and waved , but this embarrassed the little Annamese girl and she turned and ran as fast as she could to catch up with her parents .
5 Then he turned and ran as fast as he could to catch up with Trung .
6 I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house .
7 I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night 's urine smells like cat shit this morning .
8 Twisting into the first side street and then a smaller street off that and along its full length he ran and ran as fast as his legs would carry him .
9 ‘ The companies should be warned of the falling guillotine and urged to produce and ship as fast as they can . ’
  Next page