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Example sentences of "so hard that the " in BNC.

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1	The object here is to train so hard that the muscles work mainly in an anaerobic fashion , and fatigue-producing lactic acid is produced .
2	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 .
3	Now , now , ’ said Lee , nearly shouting and banging his head against the shed so hard that the whole thing shook .
4	It was the weather which really decided the issue for , one observer wrote , ‘ It blew a great storm and rained and hailed so hard that the water came out of the soldiers ’ shoes . ’
5	He clenched the steering wheel so hard that the car wobbled , and he hastily righted it .
6	Harry clenched his teeth so hard that the stem of his clay pipe broke , and he had to spit the bits into the hearth .
7	When she opened her mouth to yell , a hand caught her face , pinching into the angle of the jaw so hard that the cry died in her throat .
8	They shook hands so hard that the barrel shook as well , with me inside it .
9	The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die , punching the image in the metal in repoussé , so hard that the inverted ear on the reverse would appear on the other side , and could be read the right way round in shallow relief when the coin was turned over .
10	Helen pressed her hands flat on the table , so hard that the ends of her fingers went white .
11	Barely registering Gwen 's horrified face , she turned and whirled out , crashing the back door against the wall so hard that the echoes seemed to follow her fleeing figure .
12	It was fitzAlan , looking down at her with eyes that ripped her heart into pieces , speaking to her in a voice so hard that the words were like blows .