Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [vb pp] so hard " in BNC.
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| 1 | You did n't disagree with Dad the other day , anyhow , when he remarked that since you 'd worked so hard for your qualifications it was a pity that there was n't a firm around here large enough for you to use them . |
| 2 | No wonder she 'd struggled so hard against it , doing all in her power to keep him at a distance . |
| 3 | Such a drug , he suggests , would be not unlike crack , and the poor shmucks who were n't UMC would love it , while those who 'd worked so hard for their privileges would despise the short-cut : you 're either UMC or you are n't , simulacra wo n't do . |
| 4 | The never-slow-on-the-uptake Miss Minogue was not about to lose control of the carefully constructed image she had worked so hard on and that was a victory which put many a sharp-practising lensman on his guard from then on . |
| 5 | Things were going so well that she did n't want anyone else interfering with what she had worked so hard for . |
| 6 | She had tried so hard not to like him as they shared a drink at the Crush Bar , especially after Daphne 's warning about his reputation . |
| 7 | Vice-President Spiro Agnew , who had campaigned so hard for law and order , resigned in October 1973 , after revelations of extensive tax evasion on his part . |
| 8 | In particular , men like Paul-Henri Spaak , who had worked so hard for the EEC , were conscious of the fact that many economic interests within the Six supported the foundation of the EEC primarily because of the advantages they believed would be accruable to themselves . |
| 9 | In fact , at the death-bed there was an astonishing display of Protestant respect for the regent who had fought so hard for the French alliance and the survival of the Catholic faith . |
| 10 | We had tried so hard , we had to succeed . |
| 11 | They had worked so hard as children in the fields that each field and tree had become a dear presence , especially the hedges . |
| 12 | When offered the leadership for which he had fought so hard , Law almost lost It by his apparent doubt ; in his speech of acceptance he spoke at length of his unfitness for the job ; when told that he was now a great man and must learn to behave like one , he replied " If ! am a great man , then a good many great men must have been frauds . " |
| 13 | All his savings , which he had worked so hard for in the last ten years , had been spent on renting the farm . |