Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] go [adv] fast [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We were going as fast as we could . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was going very fast and it made a lot of noise . |
| 5 | 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 . |