Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] fast [subord] they " in BNC.
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1 | They were rowing as fast as they could towards the ship ! |
2 | Although the French may have persuaded themselves that they were moving as fast as they could towards the ‘ perfection ’ of Vietnamese independence , it was perhaps indulgent of Acheson to have allowed himself to be persuaded as well . |
3 | Thousands were distributed as fast as they could be printed . |
4 | The research of the great ecologist David Lack ( 1954 ) showed for example that in many bird species of temperate zones , individuals were reproducing as fast as they were able and that the subsequent population was cut back every year by winter mortality . |
5 | " The engineers are working as fast as they can . " |