Example sentences of "[coord] hard as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother looked at me , her face as still and hard as a life mask . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'll be the death of me , Mr Loveitt , dammee if you wo n't , ’ she said , her voice as loud and hard as her laugh . |
| 3 | No bread was eatable , for it was as cold and hard as a stone . ’ |
| 4 | She now placed her large square hands on the table and leant towards him , and her voice was low and hard as she said , ‘ Well , what 's the choice ? |
| 5 | She looked straight in front of her , and her face was as cold and hard as marble . |
| 6 | The Patrician cradled his chins in a beringed hand , and regarded the wizard with eyes as small and hard as beads . |
| 7 | But she would not defend herself , by no means , and she answered him in tones as brusque and hard as his own . |
| 8 | And then how would I have felt , she asked herself as she hurled the jeep down the motorway , finding that I 'd fallen again for a man as cold and hard as that — finding out when it was too late what he was really like ? |
| 9 | And I 'm out here , where there are n't any proper walls to the world , and the water goes cold and hard as glass some mornings , and the ventilation and heating systems are quite shockingly out of control . |
| 10 | Underneath , Luke Calder was as tough and hard as old nails . |
| 11 | His voice as cold and hard as polished steel , Michele said , ‘ It was you who suggested I could have her eating out of my hand … ’ |
| 12 | The light in the pale grey eyes was very bright and hard as he watched her expression . |
| 13 | Penry took the paper from her shoes , which felt stiff and hard as she slid her feet into them . |
| 14 | But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames . |