Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv] fast [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were going as fast as we could . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They were moving really fast and churning up the sand . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They were rowing as fast as they could towards the ship ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She tossed her head defiantly , and just for a moment saw a flicker of something in his eyes before it was gone so fast that she knew she must have imagined it . |
| 7 | It was falling so fast that rivulets of rain streaming down the window-panes made it difficult to see out at all . |
| 8 | It was going very fast and it made a lot of noise . |
| 9 | He was tumbling so fast that the stars became blurred circles of light around him . |
| 10 | He was coming so fast that she knew he had not seen her and she had to brake sharply , frowning with exasperation . |
| 11 | Edward was demanding that the callers be patient , he was coming as fast as he could . |
| 12 | There is no point in a defendant blaming his defective brakes if he was going so fast that nothing could have stopped him , or in blaming a puncture if he was driving on a tyre that was worn down to the canvas . |