Example sentences of "hard at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time they met , Leonard was indeed pushing hard at the doors of his own individuality — in one sense he had been doing that for years . |
| 2 | She stared hard at the black curly hairs on the neck of the man she 'd married nine years before . |
| 3 | He studied hard at the Epistle to the Hebrews . |
| 4 | I would suggest they look long and hard at the report they have written and even longer and harder in the mirror . |
| 5 | He looked long and hard at the younger executive as if trying to sum him up . |
| 6 | But he gripped hard at the arms of his chair and forced himself to attend . |
| 7 | Looking hard at the castle , sketchbook in hand , I allowed the corner of my eye to rove the tinker camp . |
| 8 | He stared hard at the pattern , gathered them up , threw them down again . |
| 9 | ‘ An ’ he study hard at the scuola to make paper for architecto . |
| 10 | That 's why I studied so hard at the Staff College . |
| 11 | The purveyor stared hard at the table , as he tried to concentrate . |
| 12 | Tears pricked her eyes and she stared hard at the floor . |
| 13 | Dad looked hard at the man , already the worse of drink , unsteady and menacing . |
| 14 | Sam stared hard at the fellow , who was about his own age . |
| 15 | He stared hard at the face of his slave who had returned with a dry cloth . |
| 16 | Montgomery stared long and hard at the object . |
| 17 | To Germany he was more a messiah than a political leader : his speeches became ‘ mantras ’ or magical sounds ; his words , phrasing and delivery clutched hard at the emotional centres of millions . |
| 18 | She hung it up carefully on a big wooden coat hanger and began to brush hard at the dried mud . |
| 19 | The train braked hard at the fireman 's shout , ‘ There 's a man on the line . ’ |
| 20 | He had n't been listening very hard at the time . |
| 21 | Swiss midfielder Alain Sutter was allowed to run hard at the Scottish rearguard , forcing Gough to concede a corner . |
| 22 | He munched hard at the bread , biting deeply . |
| 23 | Sergeant Joe looked long and hard at the fox of Newington Butts . |
| 24 | Ewen Mackay had been staring hard at the other man while they talked . |
| 25 | So it was not until 30 August that Brusilov struck hard at the Austrian right , causing it to collapse and its formations to retreat westward in panic and confusion . |
| 26 | He wheeled his horse back to the barricade and drove the animal hard at the frightened infantrymen . |
| 27 | We all worked hard at the lesson , no time wasted . |
| 28 | The door was opened almost immediately by a tiny grey-haired woman , who looked past Collins to stare hard at the two strangers standing behind him . |
| 29 | As he dropped this cynical confession he looked straight and hard at the candidate for the honour of taking his education in hand ( 5 ) . |
| 30 | Hard at the end |