Example sentences of "[adv] fast and [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little mouse which had run so fast and so far would now sit still in its corner . |
| 2 | Then , of course , there were the Bruces , Lord Bruce who should be preparing himself for death instead of being involved in politics as if he were some young courtier intent on rising as fast and as far as he could . |
| 3 | She wanted to get up and run ; run as fast and as far as she could away from this man who seemed to be intent on humiliating her . |
| 4 | Religious conviction , in that age , and still more religious observance , were seen as naturally conservative ; and the Christian revival of the 1940s was openly regressive , anxious above all that the world might be changing too fast and too far . |
| 5 | It has been suggested that the Soviet political process produces tendencies for problems to be faced too late and for decision-makers then to push too fast and too far paying little heed to the impact of their decisions in other realms . |