Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] as fast as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winston Churchill was to write : ‘ The conflict sank once more to the bloody but local struggles of two or three divisions repeatedly renewed as fast as they were consumed , and consumed as fast as they were renewed . |
| 2 | The terrified Frankie skidded round the corner wall of the end house and raced as fast as his legs would carry him down towards the walkway gate . |
| 3 | Panic throbbed through my body and , if I had n't been made of sterner stuff , I would have dug spurs into my horse and galloped as fast as I could back to Ipswich . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Twisting into the first side street and then a smaller street off that and along its full length he ran and ran as fast as his legs would carry him . |
| 6 | Joseph smiled hesitantly and waved , but this embarrassed the little Annamese girl and she turned and ran as fast as she could to catch up with her parents . |
| 7 | Then he turned and ran as fast as he could to catch up with Trung . |
| 8 | I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house . |
| 9 | We crossed Holywell Road , Deep Ditch , and travelled as fast as we could around Charterhouse and Clerkenwell , keeping well clear of the city before taking the road south to New Cross . |
| 10 | They needed no second bidding but rode as fast as they could , not pausing until they thundered through the half-open gate of Godstowe Priory , putting the porter into such serious agitation he appeared almost sober for once . |