Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] fast [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Word is coming in that rival hamlets are already filling in the forms as fast as they can put pen to paper . |
| 2 | Diana had gathered together a small staff who were learning the ropes as fast as she was . |
| 3 | ‘ At the same time , ’ he said , ‘ I must also get to know my colleagues on the Board as fast as possible . |
| 4 | I fell to the ground in great pain , and the man and the girl ran into the woods as fast as they could , and left me . |
| 5 | Be patient ; staff are dealing with the calls as fast as they can . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Look , Jamie , see this ! ’ she said , and she began to wind the wool so fast that it tangled up in a big knot and the ball bounced right out of her hand and rolled underneath Grandma 's chair . |
| 8 | We both got out of the jeep as fast as we could and sprinted in the direction of the slit trenches . |
| 9 | Before our friend had finished telling us his news I got on my bicycle and rode to the cemetery as fast as I could . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There was no one about in the woods , so she 'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could . |
| 13 | Prisoners passed through the place so fast that it ceased to be a camp in the true sense altogether . |
| 14 | If Ellwood went to the house , Zeno got him out of the place as fast as he could . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He was running towards the station as fast as he could . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 19 | Not giving her resolve time to weaken , she slipped off her shoes and hurtled up the alley as fast as she could go . |
| 20 | Some congressmen are pushing it to sell the rest as fast as it can . |
| 21 | I walked across the moors as fast as I could , and arrived breathless at Wuthering Heights . |
| 22 | I 'm carrying you because you need to get back into the warmth as fast as possible , and this is quicker than letting you walk by yourself . ’ |
| 23 | She scrambled down the tree 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 | ‘ Get the sails down fast and gathered on to the deck . ’ |
| 26 | Then they ran down the stairs as fast as they could . |
| 27 | She wanted to be out of his sight very quickly and she leaned on Marguerite willingly to get up the stairs as fast as possible . |
| 28 | Ironically Pembroke , the most recently developed area , where today new routes are tumbling out of the sky as fast as the climbers , has become the place where descriptions — starred pitches probably excluded — still offend mightily under the grade descriptions act . |
| 29 | The thin oil that coated each vital component , the enamel and metal tapes were warm enough to aromatize the air as fast as the air-conditioning changed it . |
| 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 . |