Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the hard [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first began designing for double jacquard , which was quite a long time ago , there was little or no information available and not many knitters used the technique , so over the years I learnt the hard way by trial and error . |
| 2 | But , and it is a big but , I learnt the hard way and have been proven in practice . |
| 3 | I loved the hard work and being with the ten other actors , in the pub , in the cafe , belonging to the group . |
| 4 | As he began to speak again I smelt the night air , I felt the hard concrete under my feet , I touched a piece of chalk in my pocket . |
| 5 | Rather like the BCCI crash here in England , I learned the hard way that organisations offering the highest return on investments also carried the highest risk , though I had thought building societies were safe from such problems . |
| 6 | No he did the easy bit , I did the hard work ! |
| 7 | He shifted on her , and she felt the hard thrust of his manhood against her thigh . |
| 8 | She felt the hard wood press against her back and buttocks , as she was forced to stand against it . |
| 9 | Instead she almost dreamily let her fingers trail over Julius 's smooth and supple skin , she felt the hard heat of him against her palms , and it was astonishing how right it seemed that they should be together like this . |
| 10 | She liked the hard feel of the wood under her back . |
| 11 | Sorry , Colin , but you learned the hard way about the harsh truths of the boxing world . |
| 12 | It was not that she minded the hard work ; it was what the hard work did to her poor hands . |
| 13 | She pondered the hard work it entailed just to qualify , let alone to try to forge ahead in one 's own chosen speciality . |
| 14 | we padded the hard metal bits with pillows , |
| 15 | They seemed to be paralysed as they encountered the hard wall of his chest , and his lips covered hers and met no resistance at all . |
| 16 | The evidence showed , according to Mr Craven , that wherever individual party members were given the one member , one vote opportunity to voice their views , they rejected the hard left . |
| 17 | He made the hard decision to abandon the Old World . |
| 18 | With a tiny shudder he passed the hard knot of tension from him then looked up again , a faint smile at the corners of his mouth . |
| 19 | He played the hard man and pretended he was beyond fear , but that was nonsense . |
| 20 | He learned the hard way at Rotherham , Sheffield United , Aberdeen and Reading . |