Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] fast [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pascoe 's mind was racing so fast he had to make an effort of will to bring it under control . |
| 2 | And if Oreste was growing so fast it could only mean he was healthy . |
| 3 | We thought that if it was only one tournament out of a Tour that was growing so fast it would not matter . |
| 4 | I did n't shut the door on him , I left it as long as I dared , but he was going so fast he had n't a hope . |
| 5 | As they crossed in front of the Queensway Tunnel for the final sprint up William Brown Street , 23-year-old Nadobenko was going so fast he mounted the kerb and bounced back but still had the strength to cross the line in first place . |
| 6 | My dog was run over by one of them ; the bus was going so fast it did n't even stop . |
| 7 | And now the Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes , spinning round and round , and soon Amanda Thripp was travelling so fast she became a blur , and suddenly , with a mighty grunt , the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky . |
| 8 | The client may say , ‘ My heart was beating so fast I thought I was going to have a heart attack ’ , or , ‘ I ca n't cope any more ’ , or , ‘ I think I 'm going to end up in a mental hospital ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ When you asked me to come into your bedroom my heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to come leaping out ! ’ |