Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] a hard [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the landlord of the Dowlais ironworks , in the 1840s the largest ironworks in the world , and his paltry returns from the Dowlais lease caused him to drive a hard bargain with those seeking the coal of his estate . |
| 2 | She says he had a hard life : |
| 3 | The recession has made it take a hard look at the cost of law and at the attitude of big London firms that it 's used for more than fifty years . |
| 4 | Seagate Technology Inc says it has reached a multi-million dollar agreement with Corning Inc which will enable it to produce a hard disk drive that is sturdier and stores more than conventional drives : it will use Corning' glass-ceramic dubbed Memcor and developed over six years of research and development ; shipments of the material , which is thinner , stronger and more rugged than traditional aluminium substrates , and enables the recording head to be placed much closer to the surface of the disk , will begin shortly and output of drives will start in the third quarter . |
| 5 | But does their mother think they get a hard time at school from the locals ? |
| 6 | Do you think it needs a hard boot ? |
| 7 | Why do I have a hard time , and there 's the Godless person prospering ? |
| 8 | Have you had a hard day at the office ? |