Example sentences of "[vb past] away [adv] fast as " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Yeah , but I got away as fast as I could , ’ I said . |
2 | ( 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 . |
3 | I ran away as fast as I could along the pavement . |
4 | 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 ) . |
5 | When the old man saw me , he shouted loudly and ran away as fast as he could . |
6 | The Rabbit jumped wildly , dropped the gloves and the fan , and hurried away as fast as he could . |