1.   If he balances correctly, he is swept forward upon the leading edge of the wave at great speed.

2.   Luckily my companion reacted with great speed, grabbing a piece of sacking and laying it over the top of the tank.

3.   So, on the whole I am cautiously in favour of machines inspecting passports at great speed, a scheme experimentally working at Heathrow.

4.   The population was growing at great speed.

5.   The speech, an undeniable disappointment, had indeed been given in an unusually dull monotone and at great speed.

6.   They would go on and on at great speed.

7.   Jane got on the horse, which immediately shot off at great speed across the field.

8.   She drove off at great speed, hit several parked cars, and finally crashed into a lamp-post.