Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] hard [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rubbing her hair hard to get rid of most of the wetness , she unhooked a navy towelling robe from behind the door and wrapped herself in its soft folds . |
| 2 | Even those of us who have had a sneaking sympathy for Marina 's parents find their inability to accept their grandchild hard to comprehend . |
| 3 | Norman finds its success hard to account for . |
| 4 | She lifted her hand and touched his cheek , still damp where the tears had tracked , and bit her lip hard to hold back her own tears . |
| 5 | Anger surged through Emily and she bit her lip hard to stop the rush of bitter words . |
| 6 | Biting her lip hard to prevent herself screaming at him to stop sitting there like some damned great Buddha she busied herself finding soap powder for the machine , and in her agitation knocked the packet over , spilling powder all over the floor . |
| 7 | Alexandra sometimes found his patience with her mother hard to bear , but he would brook no criticism even from his beloved daughter . |
| 8 | Diana found his obsession hard to understand |
| 9 | William Thompson , his 45-year-old successor as head of Salomon Bros Asia , will find his record hard to match : Japanese houses have now trained their own arbitrageurs . |
| 10 | If you find your kitchen hard to work in , tiring , cramped for space , uninspiring , or shabby , you can at least take comfort in the fact that you are not alone . |