Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] as fast as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once round the corner , I moved forward as fast as I dared , though the going was very uneven . |
| 2 | ‘ Yeah , but I got away as fast as I could , ’ I said . |
| 3 | To mimic this , we should have to speed up our stroboscope so that its flashes came twice as fast as the cycles of mains electricity , which are not noticed in a fluorescent strip light . |
| 4 | I shuffled forward as fast as I dared along the central walkway , figuring this to be less likely to lead me towards a choice-limiting edge . |
| 5 | Overall , industrial electricity sales grew twice as fast as industrial output . |
| 6 | ( There are spiders too : an engineer , inspecting the Lake as it was filling , reported seeing a half-drowned tree covered with what appeared to be black foliage : he paddled alongside , then shot away as fast as his blades could carry him . |
| 7 | I ran away as fast as I could along the pavement . |
| 8 | These are all responses which were highly suitable in prehistoric times when events required either that you ran away as fast as you could or that you had a surge of energy to help you fight your way out of a difficult situation as ferociously as possible ( fight or flight behaviour ) . |
| 9 | When the old man saw me , he shouted loudly and ran away as fast as he could . |
| 10 | I was so shocked I just turned tail and ran home as fast as I could . |
| 11 | Then I ran home as fast as I could . |
| 12 | They ran almost as fast as nomes . |
| 13 | The Rabbit jumped wildly , dropped the gloves and the fan , and hurried away as fast as he could . |
| 14 | Stumbling to her feet , she picked up the diaries , slipped the clip into the pocket of her dress , and hurried downstairs as fast as she dared go . |