Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] and hard as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'll be the death of me , Mr Loveitt , dammee if you wo n't , ’ she said , her voice as loud and hard as her laugh . |
| 2 | No bread was eatable , for it was as cold and hard as a stone . ’ |
| 3 | She looked straight in front of her , and her face was as cold and hard as marble . |
| 4 | And then how would I have felt , she asked herself as she hurled the jeep down the motorway , finding that I 'd fallen again for a man as cold and hard as that — finding out when it was too late what he was really like ? |
| 5 | His voice as cold and hard as polished steel , Michele said , ‘ It was you who suggested I could have her eating out of my hand … ’ |
| 6 | Underneath , Luke Calder was as tough and hard as old nails . |
| 7 | The Patrician cradled his chins in a beringed hand , and regarded the wizard with eyes as small and hard as beads . |
| 8 | But she would not defend herself , by no means , and she answered him in tones as brusque and hard as his own . |
| 9 | The light in the pale grey eyes was very bright and hard as he watched her expression . |