Example sentences of "[prep] as hard as " in BNC.
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| 1 | One year later she and her husband were expressing their thanks to the Home Support Project for helping them to go on looking after Mrs Cummings at home , and said that although it was still a strain it was ‘ nowhere near as hard as it has been , now that we 've got other people to help us ’ . |
| 2 | For all those who scoffed at the idea of my mastering anything complex like Excel , I 'm pleased to say that I 've bought my first copy , and it 's nothing like as hard as I thought . |
| 3 | Lifting up her pink nightdress her mother had then smacked her behind as hard as she could , afterwards putting her face next to Carla 's and telling her that she had had enough . |
| 4 | I 'm about as hard as a tub of lard , tho some people are fooled by my fascist green bomber jacket … |
| 5 | Then , guess the following statistics : chest ( around the fullest part ) ; for women , just under the bust ( where the edge of your bra would go ) ; waist ( not pulling your tummy in as hard as you can ) ; hips ; around one thigh , at the widest part at the top ; mid-thigh ; just above the knee ; just below the knee ; mid-calf ; ankle ; the top of one arm ( around the widest part ) ; around the arm mid-way between elbow and wrist . |
| 6 | She dug her heels in as hard as she could , realizing that a rider was after her , but for all her efforts the pounding of hooves was growing nearer and nearer . |