Example sentences of "and hard [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all boys of his age , including my own son , he never seemed to get enough to eat , and yet in spite of the bread , pancakes and cake he remained thin and hard with muscle . |
| 2 | There were celebrations at Newcastle Polytechnic where the Director , Prof Laing Barden , has campaigned long and hard for university status . |
| 3 | Whenever she did , I prayed long and hard for protection for Gary . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Tony , most unusually , was already up and hard at work with his camera when I emerged to sniff the morning air . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | The Nix 's say they thought long and hard before fostering Kenan . |
| 8 | The Nix 's say they thought long and hard before fostering Kenan . |
| 9 | Yet whatever the prospects of peace on the city 's streets , the battle set to be staged in Oakland 's Coliseum in games one and two of the World Series have already been fought over long and hard in bar rooms and news rooms on either side of the Bay . |