Example sentences of "fast as they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | When news of the Bookman 's capture had spread , everyone dropped what they were doing and rushed to the library as fast as they could . |
| 2 | Thousands were distributed as fast as they could be printed . |
| 3 | Slowly , as fast as they could , the Macleans shoved off for home . |
| 4 | The skirmishers in the fields had seen them now , and the French had started to withdraw , firing occasionally , but for the most part just running as fast as they could , to obtain cover amidst the village buildings . |
| 5 | Two of them disappeared without trace as fast as they could . |
| 6 | By the 1970s record manufacturers seemed to be forming new logos ( or trade-names ) as fast as they could , and the entry of hundreds of small independent companies added to the confusion . |
| 7 | The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south . |
| 8 | Terror gripped the two men as they ran as fast as they could away from the ghostly train towards Elsham signal box . |
| 9 | The boys heard the crash and they ran as fast as they could to get help from the police and ambulance , but when the police and ambulance got there they only found the boys ' fishing tackle where they had dumped it in such haste . |
| 10 | Along Heygate Street last night there was n't a pedestrian in sight and cars drove through as fast as they could . |
| 11 | Then they ran down the stairs as fast as they could . |
| 12 | Although the French may have persuaded themselves that they were moving as fast as they could towards the ‘ perfection ’ of Vietnamese independence , it was perhaps indulgent of Acheson to have allowed himself to be persuaded as well . |
| 13 | And those beetles of yours — the ones that could n't get home because the sheet was moving almost as fast as they could walk — that must be how it is for light moving through our space . |
| 14 | They were rowing as fast as they could towards the ship ! |
| 15 | Sowerberry and Oliver , their work done , left as fast as they could . |
| 16 | Then the two of them ran round the corner as fast as they could . |
| 17 | In Harehills I belonged to the upper crust of the lower middle classes who were getting out as fast as they could . |
| 18 | The first full edition seems to have been assembled in a very haphazard fashion , with names added as fast as they could be obtained , out of alphabetical order , and with an unreliable index . |
| 19 | As they got older they accompanied their parents in the evening too , running as fast as they could go for fear of being late for the six o'clock open air meeting in one of the streets . |
| 20 | They rode back up the valley as fast as they could go . |
| 21 | I fell to the ground in great pain , and the man and the girl ran into the woods as fast as they could , and left me . |
| 22 | Once they had left the shop and collected their horses , Athelstan and Cranston rode as fast as they could up Piper Alley back into the main thoroughfare . |
| 23 | They needed no second bidding but rode as fast as they could , not pausing until they thundered through the half-open gate of Godstowe Priory , putting the porter into such serious agitation he appeared almost sober for once . |
| 24 | They would make their way back home as fast as they could to receive the benefits of national health service treatment . |
| 25 | The same procedure was adopted as for the immediate recall part of the experiment but words were used from set B. However , before the subject was allowed to recall the words an arbitrary three digit number , provided below the word list for each trial , was given to the subject and the subject asked to repeat the number and count backwards by threes as fast as they could for thirty seconds . |
| 26 | Twelve subjects were individually given a four-consonant sequence and an arbitrary number to count backwards from in threes as fast as they could before they were given the signal . |
| 27 | The police say that they reacted as fast as they could , but it would have been unsafe to try and stop the party . |