1.   She was a hard taskmaster but a considerably fairer one than la Belle Ethel.

2.   True to his word, he schooled her in horsemanship and was a hard taskmaster.

3.   He said they were lying for personal gain or for revenge because McKinney was a hard taskmaster.

4.   History, of course, is a hard taskmaster, veined with inconvenient facts and corrupted heroes as well as the massacre of innocents.

5.   Christie, whose real name is George, is a hard taskmaster.