Example sentences of "it was [adv] hard [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was desperately hard to accept that this serene man , so calm , so dignified , such a majestic cricketer , could have been taken in this way . |
| 2 | For John , on his endless round of visits to cuttings and embankments , tunnels and bridges , it was sometimes hard to believe that all this buzz of well-organized industry could be brought to a halt by the movement of bits of paper in the far-off City . |
| 3 | Since ownership passed to the legatee without performance having taken place , it was much harder to see that he actually did do with the legacy what the testator had intended . |
| 4 | It was much harder to show that the economy of large estates was superior to that of medium or even small units , especially when most of the labour demands of such units could be met by the virtually unpaid labour of large peasant families . |
| 5 | When I held that tiny baby in my arms it was so hard to believe that something so beautiful could come from such a sordid act . |
| 6 | Aesthetically , he was in love , but it was still hard to think that eventually this sculpture of flesh and bone must become his soul 's vehicle , his robot . |
| 7 | It was still hard to believe that the pod was not going to be destroyed before it reached the ground . |
| 8 | Now he 'd brought the subject up it was very hard to forget that they were a man and woman isolated together miles from anywhere . |