Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] fast as [pron] " 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 | For a moment he paused to massage the circulation back into his tightly compressed toes , then he was racing along the narrow alley as fast as his legs would carry him . |
| 17 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 18 | She scrambled down the tree as fast as she could . |
| 19 | Some congressmen are pushing it to sell the rest as fast as it can . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He was running towards the station as fast as he could . |
| 22 | Frantically crossing himself over and over again , he fled screaming towards the grooms ' quarter as fast as his fat legs would carry him . |
| 23 | To counter this , water is secreted into a contractile vacuole as fast as it enters the amoeba . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Subjectively it feels every bit as fast as its maker claims , but what really impresses is the torque . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm terribly sorry about your aunt 's jewellery , ’ Charity said , verbally scampering back to safe ground as fast as she could . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | They rode back up the valley as fast as they could go . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He had been playing on the terrace , but he clambered to his feet and , yelling , ‘ Mo ’ car , ’ hurtled down the drive as fast as his little legs would carry him . |