Example sentences of "fast as i [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went to the afterguard and said our boats are not optimised or going as fast as I would like and asked for recommendations , ’ said Koch . |
| 2 | I could n't run as fast as I would have liked . |
| 3 | And , Hal , from Chester I must go north to the march as fast as I may , for Walton sends me word there are new raids threatening , and it 's his belief and mine there are French knights serving there with Douglas . ’ |
| 4 | I ran away as fast as I could along the pavement . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd run the length of Ashdale Great Edge , from this end to the Castle Rock , as fast as I could . ’ |
| 6 | I laced my arms round his back , under his own arms , letting his face fall on mine , and in that awkward position I blew my own breath into him , not in the accepted way with him lying flat with most things in control , but into his open nostrils , into his flaccid mouth , into either or both at once , as fast as I could , trying to pump his chest in unison , to do what his own intercostal muscles had stopped doing , pulling his ribcage open for air to flow in . |
| 7 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
| 8 | Got back here as fast as I could . |
| 9 | ‘ Yeah , but I got away as fast as I could , ’ I said . |
| 10 | I went down from the upper grandstand as fast as I could , which was far too slowly because everyone else was doing the same thing . |
| 11 | I finished my drink , quickly said goodbye to the other actors and got out as fast as I could , not wanting to register their smirks and curiosity . |
| 12 | I was so shocked I just turned tail and ran home as fast as I could . |
| 13 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 14 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 15 | We had six minutes to eat lunch , so I stuffed bread , yoghourt , fish stew and beans into my mouth , and chewed as fast as I could . |
| 16 | Then I ran home as fast as I could . |
| 17 | I ran after him as fast as I could . |
| 18 | As fast as I could , I ran down the hill and jumped out of the trees between the prisoner and the two wild men . |
| 19 | As fast as I could , I pushed my little boat along the side of the ship , desperate to get away before the ship crashed into me . |
| 20 | I came back as fast as I could . " |
| 21 | and as fast as I could |
| 22 | I stood on the round wall and wound the handle as fast as I could , but when the bucket was still just out of reach , the rope kept slipping so I could not reach the bucket . |
| 23 | Before our friend had finished telling us his news I got on my bicycle and rode to the cemetery as fast as I could . |
| 24 | I did n't understand Ward 's behaviour , so I just concentrated on getting out of the city as fast as I could . |
| 25 | I walked across the moors as fast as I could , and arrived breathless at Wuthering Heights . |
| 26 | I left the hotel and returned to Geneva as fast as I could . |
| 27 | I ran towards it as fast as I could — and found an old man with a lantern . |
| 28 | Then the pack of zander went through the swim and as they went by I took fish of 6lb 8oz , 8lb0oz , 8lb 6oz , 5lb 15oz and l0lb 11oz as fast as I could reel them in and then they were gone . |
| 29 | Or — and this thought only occurred to me when I was out on the street and running for the hill as fast as I could — as if there was something else behind his eyes , looking out at the world , waiting for the awful moment when it would start to take apart our little corner of the planet , piece by shabby piece . |
| 30 | Panic throbbed through my body and , if I had n't been made of sterner stuff , I would have dug spurs into my horse and galloped as fast as I could back to Ipswich . |