Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were rowing as fast as they could towards the ship ! |
| 2 | We were going as fast as we could . ’ |
| 3 | Although the French may have persuaded themselves that they were moving as fast as they could towards the ‘ perfection ’ of Vietnamese independence , it was perhaps indulgent of Acheson to have allowed himself to be persuaded as well . |
| 4 | The research of the great ecologist David Lack ( 1954 ) showed for example that in many bird species of temperate zones , individuals were reproducing as fast as they were able and that the subsequent population was cut back every year by winter mortality . |
| 5 | Edward was demanding that the callers be patient , he was coming as fast as he could . |
| 6 | The first was a short man who was walking along the street , and the second was a little girl who was running as fast as she could . |
| 7 | Meh'Lindi had darted back into a service tunnel and was decamping as fast as could be , cradling Grimm who was wailing like a baby . |