Example sentences of "so hard that she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year at the RSC , she said , she 'd gone all the way through the season and had worked so hard that she had forgotten about drawing . |
| 2 | He was magnificently tall , broad , and handsome , and Anna stared at him so hard that she tripped , and fell up the steps . |
| 3 | But that , too , was the time when Mrs Aggie struck her so hard that she had fallen on her back , and all because she had called Mrs Nelson ‘ a bloody cow ’ . |
| 4 | A beautiful witch , Carrie thought , and her heart began to thump so hard that she was sure Hepzibah must hear it . |
| 5 | He squeezed her so hard that she gasped , and for so long that Carrie grew restless . |
| 6 | She was thinking this so hard that she was not surprised when he stood up and said , " I 'm going to drop around to Felicity 's and get myself a real bath . " |
| 7 | He gripped her wrist suddenly , so hard that she almost cried out . |
| 8 | His heart was banging against his chest wall so hard that she could feel it thudding into her as well . |
| 9 | The smile had died from his eyes , and he tightened his arms round her so hard that she thought her ribs might crack . |
| 10 | Her throat stiff with tears of rage , Polly bit the inside of her lip so hard that she tasted the warm saltiness of blood . |
| 11 | He banged his cup down on its saucer , so hard that she expected it to shatter . |
| 12 | He slammed his body into hers , bending her back , kissing her so hard that she fought for breath . |
| 13 | So when he moved slightly to seek her soft lips with his own , blending predatory male purpose with the tenderness of a child seeking succour , she was lost , allowing him to possess her mouth , welcoming him with parted lips , mindlessly enjoying the sensation of his hands as they bound her to him , but not so hard that she could n't feel their trembling . |
| 14 | She shook herself inwardly , said severely , Control yourself , Sally-Anne Tunstall ; remember what happened when you had such soft thoughts about a man before , and the sudden dreadful memory this evoked hit her so hard that she stopped dead in her tracks , gave a stifled wail , and went so white that Dr Neil , hearing her , and looking at her , saw that her pallor was so extreme that he thought her on the verge of fainting . |
| 15 | Robyn was trembling so hard that she could barely breathe . |
| 16 | Her heart was thumping so hard that she could feel the breath catch in her chest . |
| 17 | But the arms did not slacken , for his lips found hers and silenced the protest in a kiss so hard that she sagged , half fainting in his embrace . |
| 18 | The back of her hand was pressed violently to her mouth , she dimly realised , and she was biting her knuckle so hard that she 'd almost drawn blood . |
| 19 | She could barely breathe , her heart pounding so hard that she had to shout shakily , ‘ Because I knew it meant you could n't have married me for my father 's company , and I wanted to find out why you 'd lied about it . ’ |