Example sentences of "run [adv] as fast as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely , if the train were in a station when the emergency occurred , you would get out and run away as fast as possible . |
| 2 | This distaste for the subject of money should also guide his behaviour if another gentleman was impudent enough to enquire about his income : ‘ [ In such a situation the mirza ] should try to get the topic changed ; if not he should leave the house to its owner and run away as fast as his feet can carry him . |
| 3 | I am terrified and run home as fast as I can . |
| 4 | I ran away as fast as I could along the pavement . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | When the old man saw me , he shouted loudly and ran away as fast as he could . |
| 7 | I was so shocked I just turned tail and ran home as fast as I could . |
| 8 | Then I ran home as fast as I could . |
| 9 | They ran almost as fast as nomes . |
| 10 | She runs away as fast as she can . |
| 11 | MathSoft reckons the package runs twice as fast as before and enables users to manipulate ‘ virtually unlimited ’ amounts of data . |