Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] quickly and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all happening rather quickly and by now I 'm getting a little unsure myself . ’ |
| 2 | It had Maggie looking away quickly and she was glad to be able to say something . |
| 3 | Fred Crocombe put the flaps half down , and Wood flattened out and made a fine three-point landing , pulling up quickly and successfully avoiding several groups of boulders . |
| 4 | At one time ( it is thought in the late 1800's ) , there was a devastating fire caused by the mill stones turning too quickly and creating sparks which easily ignited the dusty dry building and much of it was destroyed . |
| 5 | These are growing very quickly and I have read that they may attack small fish , such as Neons . |
| 6 | There 's one or two empty shops , but they appear to be moving fairly quickly and getting taken over . |
| 7 | The night before , and through the morning into the afternoon , the Wolverines had rampaged from level to level , always moving as quickly and confusingly as they could . |
| 8 | There is no doubt that the industry is moving very quickly and positively now in this direction . |
| 9 | ( He starts speaking very quickly and running all his words together . ) |
| 10 | The nights are coming on quickly and tremendous feeding sessions take place from dusk till three or four hours into darkness . |
| 11 | Because you will often have more to read than you have time for , you need to develop ways of reading more quickly and efficiently . |
| 12 | ‘ The course is drying up quickly and you could almost call it good to soft . |
| 13 | The keys were organised in such a way to prevent the typist from typing too quickly and thereby prevent the mechanically-operated rods of the typewriter from sticking . |