Example sentences of "off as [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mildred squeezed through the gap and set off as fast as possible along the corridor and down the spiral staircase to the yard . |
| 2 | How has a Montpellier fishwife so mastered the art of composition that with her basket of fish for the bouillabaisse she is presenting a picture of such splendour that instead of going to look at the famous collection of paintings in the Musée Fabre you drive off as fast as possible to the coast to order a dish cooked with just such fish ? |
| 3 | Would he not clear up and then be off as quickly as possible ? |
| 4 | Only Ceauşescu came to the ‘ obvious ’ conclusion : the debt should not be rescheduled , it should be paid off as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | Then I drew the obvious conclusion and drove off as quickly as possible . ’ |