Example sentences of "so hard that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we react too strongly to fear , the brake is applied so hard that we come to a standstill , and fail to grow — which means a wasted lifetime . |
| 2 | The inexperienced pilots often try to soar in unusable lift , and they concentrate so hard that they do n't recognise that they are drifting away and are not going to get back to the field . |
| 3 | Although some skins claimed that they were so hard that they did not need to use weapons , and there was no standard personal armament like the cut-throat razors of the teds or the bicycle chains of the grebos , a variety of weapons were used at football matches and other fights . |
| 4 | With this money , he was able to pay all his supporters , and with this added incentive he pressed the Moorish Caliphs so hard that they submitted to him , sueing for peace in the April of 1090 . |
| 5 | Many were so hard that they seemed to be made of solid wood while others shattered like eggshells , but were virtually empty . |
| 6 | Then the Bonn government leaned on Germany 's aerospace industry chiefs so hard that they scrapped the whole event . |
| 7 | The bare hills behind Agadir in the west are built of blue limestones so hard that they ring under the fossil-hunter 's hammer . |
| 8 | ‘ Kick me again , ’ said Georgiades , keeping his voice at the gentle , conversational level , ‘ and I will kick your balls so hard that they will fly out of your backside . ’ |
| 9 | At two-twenty Minto 's party appeared , saying that the reason for their delay was that Liddiat , the handyman employed by Minto at The Kilns , had pumped up the tyres of the car so hard that it was impossible to drive at more than fifteen miles per hour . |
| 10 | He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . |
| 11 | David Lloyd , his captain at Lancashire , tells a story that once in a Gillette Cup match against Gloucestershire at Old Trafford , Clive Lloyd edged a ball from Mike Procter so hard that it went for six . |
| 12 | But I knocked you to the floor , and the blow was so hard that it made my hand throb for hours afterwards . |
| 13 | As he pulled away , the leaves on the trees shuddered and the rain began to fall so hard that it jumped back off the tarmac , turned to mist . |
| 14 | On one of the trials , Ray placed a popsock over the end of a pipe delivering water that had been through an Eradicator and , in 72 hours , collected a golf ball-sized piece of limescale from the mesh … in East Anglia , the water is so hard that it will give a kettle an internal fur coat in no time , and here was the proof . |
| 15 | Wild with fear , Constance opened her mouth and bit his nose so hard that it hurt her teeth . |
| 16 | Some diets may emerge so hard that it is impossible for them to be eaten by weanling mice . |
| 17 | But Milosh reversed his lance and flung it so hard that it pinned the Venetian champion to the gate of the city ; he struck off the champion 's head and threw it in Koulash 's nosebag . |
| 18 | Lenny Campion gripped the Bakelite microphone so hard that it began to hurt his hand . |
| 19 | I hit my pillow so hard that it has looked reproachful ever since . ) |
| 20 | The pistol was pressed against his cheek so hard that it almost broke the skin . |
| 21 | Village hoardings are covered with adverts for Astra margarine — a product made of saturated fat so hard that it stays solid even in tropical heat . |
| 22 | The snow was blinding but had blown so hard that it had not yet formed a blanket on the land . |
| 23 | Although royal icing should be firm , it should not be so hard that it can not be cut with a knife . |
| 24 | ‘ Most did n't see it that way , ’ uttered Ruth , her heart beating so hard that it was unreal . |
| 25 | She set down his drink so hard that it sloshed out of the glass . |
| 26 | ‘ You train for so long and so hard that you need a break afterwards . |
| 27 | Try not to tense the muscles so hard that you produce cramp or pain . |
| 28 | you had to belt the players so hard that you ended up with small bruises all over your hand from where their heads indented . |
| 29 | Yeah , but it freezes that quick that when it falls overnight and then by the morning it frozen so hard that you can walk on top of it |
| 30 | She had quite literally thrown herself at him , she had bitten him in the neck so hard that he had bled , she had scratched his face and torn his clothes . |