Example sentences of "[adv] fast [conj] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Not so fast as I 'd like , ’ she says . |
2 | 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 . ’ |
3 | ‘ I went to the afterguard and said our boats are not optimised or going as fast as I would like and asked for recommendations , ’ said Koch . |
4 | I could n't run as fast as I would have liked . |
5 | I am terrified and run home as fast as I can . |
6 | ‘ I 'm going as fast as I can , ’ cried Endill . |
7 | ‘ I 'm going as fast as I can . ’ |
8 | I 'm getting us off this planet as fast as I can . ’ |
9 | I 'm getting there as fast as I can . |
10 | I start to run across the grass , as fast as I can . |
11 | I 'll be there as fast as I can . ’ |
12 | And if he asks me if I 've seen you I 'll tell him as fast as I can . |
13 | He says sometimes it 's a pain cos you get up and if I 'm late I 've got to rush around and go as fast as I can to school and you get cold and your fingers start freezing up so it 's not much fun . |
14 | I 'm trying to go as fast as I can . |
15 | I ran away as fast as I could along the pavement . |
16 | ‘ I 'd run the length of Ashdale Great Edge , from this end to the Castle Rock , as fast as I could . ’ |
17 | I laced my arms round his back , under his own arms , letting his face fall on mine , and in that awkward position I blew my own breath into him , not in the accepted way with him lying flat with most things in control , but into his open nostrils , into his flaccid mouth , into either or both at once , as fast as I could , trying to pump his chest in unison , to do what his own intercostal muscles had stopped doing , pulling his ribcage open for air to flow in . |
18 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
19 | Got back here as fast as I could . |
20 | ‘ Yeah , but I got away as fast as I could , ’ I said . |
21 | I went down from the upper grandstand as fast as I could , which was far too slowly because everyone else was doing the same thing . |
22 | I finished my drink , quickly said goodbye to the other actors and got out as fast as I could , not wanting to register their smirks and curiosity . |
23 | I was so shocked I just turned tail and ran home as fast as I could . |
24 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
25 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
26 | We had six minutes to eat lunch , so I stuffed bread , yoghourt , fish stew and beans into my mouth , and chewed as fast as I could . |
27 | Then I ran home as fast as I could . |
28 | I ran after him as fast as I could . |
29 | As fast as I could , I ran down the hill and jumped out of the trees between the prisoner and the two wild men . |
30 | As fast as I could , I pushed my little boat along the side of the ship , desperate to get away before the ship crashed into me . |