1.   A small neat iron bed with a shabby well-washed coverlet had one lumpy pillow and sheets which were hard to the touch.

2.   And we were hard to contact - access to exhibition space means you can be found.

3.   As a description of a sacred grove, with its legends, character and atmosphere, this is hard to better!

4.   Every year the Christmas shopping season seems to start earlier, a fact which many people find hard to stomach.

5.   For earaches that make children irritable and hard to console, chamomilla is the best choice.

6.   Fresh buffalo meat was hard to ship, because it would not travel except in the cold months.

7.   Googol talked to himself in a muffled manner or merely droned - hard to say which - whenever he was in space.

8.   I clung so hard to the window frame that my hand ached.

9.   I found this lecture from Chris of all people hard to stomach.

10.   It was a country voice with a soft accent which was an intonation more than a dialect and was hard to place.