Example sentences of "so hard that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we react too strongly to fear , the brake is applied so hard that we come to a standstill , and fail to grow — which means a wasted lifetime . |
| 2 | Then the Bonn government leaned on Germany 's aerospace industry chiefs so hard that they scrapped the whole event . |
| 3 | Many were so hard that they seemed to be made of solid wood while others shattered like eggshells , but were virtually empty . |
| 4 | The inexperienced pilots often try to soar in unusable lift , and they concentrate so hard that they do n't recognise that they are drifting away and are not going to get back to the field . |
| 5 | Although some skins claimed that they were so hard that they did not need to use weapons , and there was no standard personal armament like the cut-throat razors of the teds or the bicycle chains of the grebos , a variety of weapons were used at football matches and other fights . |
| 6 | The bare hills behind Agadir in the west are built of blue limestones so hard that they ring under the fossil-hunter 's hammer . |
| 7 | With this money , he was able to pay all his supporters , and with this added incentive he pressed the Moorish Caliphs so hard that they submitted to him , sueing for peace in the April of 1090 . |
| 8 | The frost was so hard that everything went steel grey — the ground , the water and the sky . |
| 9 | The snow was blinding but had blown so hard that it had not yet formed a blanket on the land . |
| 10 | But I knocked you to the floor , and the blow was so hard that it made my hand throb for hours afterwards . |
| 11 | But Milosh reversed his lance and flung it so hard that it pinned the Venetian champion to the gate of the city ; he struck off the champion 's head and threw it in Koulash 's nosebag . |
| 12 | Village hoardings are covered with adverts for Astra margarine — a product made of saturated fat so hard that it stays solid even in tropical heat . |
| 13 | Wild with fear , Constance opened her mouth and bit his nose so hard that it hurt her teeth . |
| 14 | David Lloyd , his captain at Lancashire , tells a story that once in a Gillette Cup match against Gloucestershire at Old Trafford , Clive Lloyd edged a ball from Mike Procter so hard that it went for six . |
| 15 | Lenny Campion gripped the Bakelite microphone so hard that it began to hurt his hand . |
| 16 | He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . |
| 17 | I hit my pillow so hard that it has looked reproachful ever since . ) |
| 18 | As he pulled away , the leaves on the trees shuddered and the rain began to fall so hard that it jumped back off the tarmac , turned to mist . |
| 19 | She set down his drink so hard that it sloshed out of the glass . |
| 20 | Try not to tense the muscles so hard that you produce cramp or pain . |
| 21 | ‘ You train for so long and so hard that you need a break afterwards . |
| 22 | you had to belt the players so hard that you ended up with small bruises all over your hand from where their heads indented . |
| 23 | She had quite literally thrown herself at him , she had bitten him in the neck so hard that he had bled , she had scratched his face and torn his clothes . |
| 24 | And then Viola Angotti had taken one more step , and with a faint sigh she had socked him in the stomach so hard that he had doubled over and lost his lunch . |
| 25 | They said that , in the narrow passageway , a corridor whose opposite walls I can touch comfortably with two hands , I had picked up an aluminium chair , ripped it in half , swung it around and hit a policeman with it so hard that he had to shield his head . |
| 26 | He laughed so hard that he had a fit of coughing which , in turn , caused big tears to roll down his face . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't see what 's funny , ’ Carrie said , and this set him off properly : he laughed so hard that he had to stop running . |
| 28 | Jannie squeezed Bob 's hand so hard that he flinched . |
| 29 | The rain began just before dawn , striking the roof so hard that he woke , startled , from a fast sleep which had been hard won . |
| 30 | He cried so hard that he rained himself empty . |