Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] fast as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both got out of the jeep as fast as we could and sprinted in the direction of the slit trenches . |
| 2 | We called and shouted and sailed our little boat as fast as we could . |
| 3 | Two of them disappeared without trace as fast as they could . |
| 4 | The principle of interchangeable parts did not catch on in British industry as fast as it did in the American gun industry ; Colt 's revolvers were the great examples of what became known as the American system of manufacture . |
| 5 | And , Hal , from Chester I must go north to the march as fast as I may , for Walton sends me word there are new raids threatening , and it 's his belief and mine there are French knights serving there with Douglas . ’ |
| 6 | If they are too far away to charge the Snotlings move towards the nearest enemy as fast as they are able . |
| 7 | Before our friend had finished telling us his news I got on my bicycle and rode to the cemetery as fast as I could . |
| 8 | Or — and this thought only occurred to me when I was out on the street and running for the hill as fast as I could — as if there was something else behind his eyes , looking out at the world , waiting for the awful moment when it would start to take apart our little corner of the planet , piece by shabby piece . |
| 9 | If Ellwood went to the house , Zeno got him out of the place as fast as he could . |
| 10 | I 'm getting us off this planet as fast as I can . ’ |
| 11 | Turning , she hobbled back to her room as fast as she could and took her jewel box out of the drawer . |
| 12 | Of course , we can in theory expand the business as fast as we like , but even a major player like Sainsbury 's has n't got an infinite supply of skilled bakers and bakery managers on hand . |
| 13 | There was no one about in the woods , so she 'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could . |
| 14 | ‘ Then one of you go to town as fast as you can and fetch a policeman and Dr Losberne . |
| 15 | Not giving her resolve time to weaken , she slipped off her shoes and hurtled up the alley as fast as she could go . |
| 16 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 17 | She scrambled down the tree as fast as she could . |
| 18 | Some congressmen are pushing it to sell the rest as fast as it can . |
| 19 | The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could . |
| 20 | He was running towards the station as fast as he could . |
| 21 | To counter this , water is secreted into a contractile vacuole as fast as it enters the amoeba . |
| 22 | Old Black Hannah put in an appearance , and one or two other women from the village who remembered Martha as a child , and who , perhaps , shared her liking for the Old Faith ; but apart from them , it was just Mr Drew ( who galloped through the service as fast as he could ) , Jennifer and the two gravediggers , who came in after the blessing and carried the coffin out underhand , dumping it without much reverence into the mortice they had prepared for it . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm terribly sorry about your aunt 's jewellery , ’ Charity said , verbally scampering back to safe ground as fast as she could . |
| 24 | When news of the Bookman 's capture had spread , everyone dropped what they were doing and rushed to the library as fast as they could . |
| 25 | They rode back up the valley as fast as they could go . |
| 26 | Brutality , as Hill describes and felt it , was a bitter part of his prison life ; you just learnt to get down on the floor as fast as you could and cover up as best you could . |
| 27 | It was curling out around the edges of the large double doors and for a moment or two Benny stopped and stared , then with a shout of alarm he ran across the road as fast as he could and pulled on the hanging padlock flap . |
| 28 | The players with the required letters then form a line to make up the word as fast as they can , and the team which does it the quickest gets a point . |
| 29 | It has no right to be there and if you will take my advice you will tell Frank Coven to take it out of that window and back to the bank as fast as he can . ’ |
| 30 | Then the two of them ran round the corner as fast as they could . |