Example sentences of "fast [subord] [pers pn] could and " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both got out of the jeep as fast as we could and sprinted in the direction of the slit trenches . |
| 2 | ‘ We then ran as fast as we could and only minutes later the bomb went off . ’ |
| 3 | Turning , she hobbled back to her room as fast as she could and took her jewel box out of the drawer . |
| 4 | It was curling out around the edges of the large double doors and for a moment or two Benny stopped and stared , then with a shout of alarm he ran across the road as fast as he could and pulled on the hanging padlock flap . |
| 5 | As soon as it lurched backwards , he stood up , ran the length of the bus as fast as he could and jumped over the wall . |
| 6 | Brutality , as Hill describes and felt it , was a bitter part of his prison life ; you just learnt to get down on the floor as fast as you could and cover up as best you could . |