Example sentences of "as hard as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have done what I wanted , or thought I wanted , I have pushed as hard as I could , and this is it . |
| 2 | Really slam into the punch bag , hitting it with a constant barrage of punches as fast and as hard as you possibly can for no more than 15–20 seconds . |
| 3 | A return seemed unlikely , but at the same time there was this intriguing question : just what would it be like to be up there , 20 pitches out , on a wall as hard as many a belted route , but with no bolts ? |
| 4 | I pushed as hard as I could but it was obvious there was no chance of passing him . ’ |
| 5 | Kelly trains as hard as the rest of the squad at a sports centre in nearby Stone , but according to the team 's joint manager , Ken Roberts , he has been known to polish off three Chinese take-aways afterwards . |
| 6 | With a head as hard as hers , she would have failed to register any number of missiles lobbed her way , such as the Scarman Report which followed the Brixton riots of 1981 . |
| 7 | Supply would remain in the hands of crooks who would continue to push , but with total impunity , not just to their existing customers but as hard as they could to new ones as well . |
| 8 | In two weeks he will go to Germany for rehabilitation , and , by his doctor 's ‘ most optimistic expections ’ , could be training as hard as he was in July by the end of December . |
| 9 | The Carlsson does n't accelerate quite as hard as you might expect ( 0–60mph in 8.8secs ) , but its top speed of 131mph looks healthy enough . |
| 10 | I push as hard as I can . |
| 11 | P.S. As I 've shown , SCF makes sure that your donation works as hard as possible for the children that need it most . |
| 12 | ‘ The measure as revised by the committee tried as hard as possible to accommodate the views of those who object to women priests . |
| 13 | ‘ They hit the ball as hard as almost anyone . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They hit the ball as hard as almost anyone . ’ |
| 15 | The star of the show , of course , was Ebenezer Scrooge , the greedy , grasping grouch with a heart as hard as left-over Christmas pud . |
| 16 | They had won , as they will always have to , against the odds , but they did it by capitalising on their best players , by utilising every ounce of available experience and by trying as hard as they knew how . |
| 17 | People work as hard as ever . |
| 18 | With the public-sector pay cuts , the government has now hit the towns as hard as the country . |
| 19 | This time around , the computerisation curve has flattened out , so the electronics industry has been hit as hard as any . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going to try as hard as I can . |
| 21 | My father wished me to try for a history scholarship and I occasionally read as hard as it was possible to do without any interest in history beyond the attempt to memorize facts … . |
| 22 | It seemed to most onlookers that the first step to take to correct the disparity between the teams was to practise as hard as possible , especially as the West Indians were doing just that themselves ; Gower and Tony Brown , the manager , however , enforced no such ruling . |
| 23 | The London Emergency Bed Service reports that this winter things have been four times as hard as last year , and my experience confirms this . |
| 24 | And Oz had worked just as hard as she had , not stopping to gaze down into the dale , but picking and picking until his fingers were stained blue-purple . |
| 25 | He had been running , running as hard as he could to break his record for the five miles . |
| 26 | Pull , pull as hard as you can . |
| 27 | The result is that women typically become ‘ equal ’ by having to do more , to stretch themselves to work as hard as a man , even when experiencing bodily processes that a male has never experienced . |
| 28 | Then , guess the following statistics : chest ( around the fullest part ) ; for women , just under the bust ( where the edge of your bra would go ) ; waist ( not pulling your tummy in as hard as you can ) ; hips ; around one thigh , at the widest part at the top ; mid-thigh ; just above the knee ; just below the knee ; mid-calf ; ankle ; the top of one arm ( around the widest part ) ; around the arm mid-way between elbow and wrist . |
| 29 | An orchestral player works as hard as a navvy . |
| 30 | He said unions had to be ready to ‘ pressurise ’ any incoming administration headed by Mr Kinnock as hard as they would a Conservative Government . |