Example sentences of "[v-ing] so hard that " in BNC.

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1 With her heart thumping so hard that her ears were deaf to any other sounds , Sarah hurled herself down into the dip .
2 Her heart was thumping so hard that she could feel the breath catch in her chest .
3 Robyn was trembling so hard that she could barely breathe .
4 The crisis is hitting so hard that most of the people are unemployed , and you see children begging in the streets or forced to go out to work .
5 As the dancers changed partners , set to each other , backed away , then set again and spun with crossed arms , Donald McCulloch became masterful , gripping the girls ' hands strongly , spinning so hard that the balls of their feet ached on the cobbles , and passing them on with an almost lordly flourish of his arm .
6 She kept maniacally busy so as not to feel sorrow and set herself the goal of working so hard that at night she fell into bed exhausted .
7 ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly .
8 ‘ Most did n't see it that way , ’ uttered Ruth , her heart beating so hard that it was unreal .
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