Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police say that they reacted as fast as they could , but it would have been unsafe to try and stop the party . |
| 2 | Terror gripped the two men as they ran as fast as they could away from the ghostly train towards Elsham signal box . |
| 3 | The boys heard the crash and they ran as fast as they could to get help from the police and ambulance , but when the police and ambulance got there they only found the boys ' fishing tackle where they had dumped it in such haste . |
| 4 | Erm , like they come really fast so you like just jot them down quickly erm without full stops |
| 5 | I had to pay to have them work as fast as they did , only I did n't want my friend 's grave marked with just a cross in the sand for any longer than it had to be . |