Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] hard as [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO-TIMING men with neatly trimmed pencil moustaches who like to drink as hard as they work are unwittingly modelling themselves upon a style that is at least 4,500 years old , archaeologists have discovered . |
| 2 | It 's easy enough in the early stages , but gets devilishly hard as you get further on . |
| 3 | The secret is to lean back hard as you put the power on . |
| 4 | And try as hard as they do , residential staff can never turn a residential establishment into a home . |
| 5 | Taylor , interviewed by Sir David Frost , said : ‘ Between games , as any sportsman knows , you can train as hard as you like , but what is also important is what you eat and how you eat , what you drink and how much you drink . |
| 6 | I work as hard as I need to and sometimes I think I overwork myself , especially on the putting . |