Example sentences of "be hard [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think the war must have been hard on her … particularly while Italy was still part of the Axis ; not least because there was a camp for Italian prisoners of war just beyond our gates in Scotland . |
| 2 | It must have been hard for her — uprooted and transported to a strange country — not to know what was happening to her and her mother , apart from the fact that somehow or other they 'd been able to join up again with the father . |
| 3 | ‘ Aw , do n't be hard on her , Isobel . |
| 4 | ‘ It must be hard on her taking on all this responsibility . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You were hard on her , ’ said Paul reproachfully . |
| 6 | It 's hard for her . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's hard for her though , ’ said Ella . |
| 8 | It 's hard for her to work this out . |
| 9 | " It 's hard for her . |
| 10 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 11 | She hesitated for a moment , a dim figure in the dark kitchen , distinguished by a brown balloon of a mob-cap and a coarse sacking apron which fell from her neck to her feet like a monstrous bib : it was hard for her to accept defeat . |
| 12 | he was like a terrier , unable to let go in spite of a beating , and it was hard for her not to feel responsible ; because , after all , did n't his persistence show that she 'd come to matter to him , at least a little ? |
| 13 | But , as her grandfather had drummed into her then , she had no right to inflict pain simply because the other person was telling a truth that was hard for her to cope with . |
| 14 | But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’ |
| 15 | In fact , it was hard for her to keep up her end of the conversation . |
| 16 | It was hard for her to believe that it had been Charley , her Charley , who had killed three boys . |
| 17 | This life was harder on her than on anyone else . |