Example sentences of "[adj] and hard [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only sound now was their feet rustling through the shore grass , coarse and hard from countless tides of salt water . |
| 2 | With Ruggles and Parkinson hitting high and hard in the third , Partners held a 14–11 advantage but again failed to capitalise , although a couple of refereeing decisions left them puzzled . |
| 3 | He grasped her around the waist , his hands warm and hard through the thin silk of her dress as he steadied her , and Fran felt her heart run wild . |
| 4 | His mouth was moving warm and hard over hers but this time with no intention of punishing , and Jenna had a wild urge to move closer and feel his arms tighten . |
| 5 | With a funny crooked smile he undid his own buttons , then gently pressed her face against his bared chest , his palms warm and hard against her head . |
| 6 | His body was warm and hard against her own shivering flesh , his arms binding her to him as her reason spun helplessly beneath the sudden sensual onslaught . |
| 7 | As he dropped this cynical confession he looked straight and hard at the candidate for the honour of taking his education in hand ( 5 ) . |
| 8 | United had one more chance six minutes before the end when Martin Foyle did well to turn on the ball ; in the edge of the penalty area he hit a shot low and hard towards the corner of the net but it just drifted wide of the far post and United 's chance had gone . |
| 9 | Quite unable to stop herself , she too reached out to stroke the satin-softness of his skin , her eyes darkening as she saw the many bruises that came from trying to control the incredibly fast cars that flew so low and hard round the Grand Prix circuits . |
| 10 | His chest was broad and hard behind her head . |
| 11 | The protuberance under her fingers felt soft and hard at the same time , an iron fist in a velvet glove . |
| 12 | Maxwell stared long and hard into his small Guinness . |
| 13 | Whenever she did , I prayed long and hard for protection for Gary . |
| 14 | Consortium Developments Ltd , a company established by Bovis , Barratt , Wimpey and Beazer , was behind the spectre of Stone Bassett and fought long and hard for permission to develop an area of 12,000 acres and build 6,000 houses . |
| 15 | Owen campaigned long and hard for a new building with more space and supervised the move to the present Natural History Museum in the 1880s ( chapter 8 ) . |
| 16 | He drew long and hard on it , before exhaling slowly , watching the faint blue tobacco smoke coiling lazily up towards the damp-stained ceiling . |
| 17 | Carew drew long and hard on the cigarette . |
| 18 | They 've learned to read plans , negotiate with housing agencies and councillors , and ponder long and hard on whether they want a one-way street , trees , bollards , here , or there . |
| 19 | I would suggest they look long and hard at the report they have written and even longer and harder in the mirror . |
| 20 | He looked long and hard at the younger executive as if trying to sum him up . |
| 21 | Montgomery stared long and hard at the object . |
| 22 | Sergeant Joe looked long and hard at the fox of Newington Butts . |
| 23 | In the warmth at home we planned out possible routes and looked long and hard at Robin Collomb 's guide to the Ecrins Park ( West Col Productions 1986 ) and at IGN sheet No. 241 , Meije and Pelvoux . |
| 24 | Cardiff looked long and hard at Rohmer as Duvall drew level , reinforcing his authority . |
| 25 | Jimmy was looking long and hard at Pearce , who had retained an expression of disdain and scorn throughout . |
| 26 | but I 'm trying to make you aware of the fact that at some stage we should be looking long and hard at closing , right we 'd ask the questions , you 're quite good at asking questions , some sale field do n't ask question , do n't ask questions , right see you want to have a |
| 27 | And er you know , if they wan na stare long and hard at certain images |
| 28 | Look at them long and hard with a fresh eye , question their presence and their use ; there are very few that do n't lend themselves to ingenious transformations . |
| 29 | Before the next match , the selectors debated long and hard over the England captaincy , the problem being that Emburey 's form had declined and his place in the team could hardly be justified ; their solution was to drop him and appoint Chris Cowdrey in his place , whose enthusiastic style of leadership had taken an ordinary Kent side to the top of the table . |
| 30 | The flock has been closed to females since 1980 and the Martins still deliberate long and hard over future stock sire purchases , which usually involve an inspection of the sire and dam beforehand . |