Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] harder [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 2 | But it is becoming harder and harder to convince them . |
| 3 | The heart has then got to work harder and harder to keep the flow of blood going , thus causing high blood pressure . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's become harder and harder to smile or laugh out there during an international match . |
| 5 | In the first three months , three thousand miles , that does n't tend to happen in fairness erm and something like that would come up erm within that time scale , so , yes , I mean they have the right to go back to the dealer and I must admit in my overall view of the motor trade these days they do they are trying harder and harder to look after their customers because obviously they 're in business like everybody else , they know that their policy holders are covered by the Sale of Goods Act merchantable quality , erm and so they realize that if these things happen then they will endeavour to put the situation right . |
| 6 | As jobs become even more complicated we have to look harder and harder to find a suitable person to fill them . |
| 7 | I used to sit and watch him for hours , painstakingly working on a painting , and , following his example , I would push myself harder and harder to make my own drawings better . |
| 8 | And then I had tried harder and harder to obtain opiates and would do my damnedest to get hold of morphine , opium , diamorph and anything , y'know … . |
| 9 | I tried again and harder to work and felt restless and uneasy . |