Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yeah , but I got away as fast as I could , ’ I said . |
| 2 | Once round the corner , I moved forward as fast as I dared , though the going was very uneven . |
| 3 | I came back as fast as I could . " |
| 4 | I shuffled forward as fast as I dared along the central walkway , figuring this to be less likely to lead me towards a choice-limiting edge . |
| 5 | I ran away as fast as I could along the pavement . |
| 6 | Then I ran home as fast as I could . |
| 7 | May I advise you to hurry home as fast as you can . " |
| 8 | How has a Montpellier fishwife so mastered the art of composition that with her basket of fish for the bouillabaisse she is presenting a picture of such splendour that instead of going to look at the famous collection of paintings in the Musée Fabre you drive off as fast as possible to the coast to order a dish cooked with just such fish ? |
| 9 | If you go twice as fast as something else , and you started out at the same instant from the same spot , you 'd go twice as far — which is what you found . |
| 10 | These are all responses which were highly suitable in prehistoric times when events required either that you ran away as fast as you could or that you had a surge of energy to help you fight your way out of a difficult situation as ferociously as possible ( fight or flight behaviour ) . |
| 11 | She runs away as fast as she can . |
| 12 | They ran almost as fast as nomes . |
| 13 | They ran off as fast as their legs would carry them . |
| 14 | CONCORDE : It goes twice as fast as a bullet and you get smoked salmon . |
| 15 | Low temperatures place them at no obvious disadvantage — they have evolved physiological systems that allow them to move just as fast as temperate or tropical fish , and they are no easier to catch . |