Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Constance came hurrying as fast as she could with her stick . |
| 3 | Poor Nutmeg was very scared , he began to run as fast as he could . |
| 4 | A protesting Maltote was roused and ordered to ride as fast as he could to the royal camp outside Bedford . |
| 5 | He heard a cry from the top + the sound of something falling , but he kept running as fast as he could , meowing loudly . |
| 6 | She continued walking as fast as she could away from Emminster . |
| 7 | If automobile technology had advanced as fast as computer technology over the same period then the current equivalent BL car , the Metro , would now cost 45 pence to buy , and run for over a year on a gallon of petrol . |
| 8 | ‘ The length of a cricket pitch , and you had to move as fast as Denis Compton , believe you me , to get from one end to the other and pull them levers . ’ |
| 9 | If during the last twenty years , the costs of automobiles had declined as fast as those for memory capacity in computers , today a Rolls-Royce would cost 50 cents ( van Tulder and Junne , 1988 ) . |