Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] fast as " in BNC.
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1 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
2 | I could n't run as fast as I would have liked . |
3 | You know fair enough , some of the older men ca n't move as fast as a eighteen year old , but on the other hand it 's what they got in their head that counts . |
4 | I ca n't run as fast as you ! ’ |
5 | Certainly , state pensions — now over £25 billion a year — will not grow as fast as they might have done , or seem likely to do in many other rich countries . |
6 | But undulating side-wings are not such powerful propellants as a thrashing tail , so the manta can not swim as fast as its shark cousins or rival them as hunters . |