[〈det person.n〉 hard.a]
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Ben, if you are so hard up for comedy, leave the screenwriting to those who can do funny without hurting anyone.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Ben)) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (RB so) (JJ hard))
(PP (IN up)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NN comedy))))
(, ,)
(VP (VB leave)
(NP (DT the) (NN screenwriting))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT those))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (MD can)
(VP (AUX do)
(ADJP (JJ funny))
(PP (IN without)
(S (VP (VBG hurting)
(NP (NN anyone)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
She’s still hard at work on my book and she better get it done soon, or else she’ll have to answer to me.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP She))
(VP (AUX 's) (ADVP (RB still))
(ADJP (JJ hard))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NP (NN work))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN book)
(S (CC and)
(NP (PRP she)) (ADVP (RB better))
(VP (VB get)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX done) (UCP (ADVP (RB soon)) (, ,) (CC or)
(ADJP (RB else)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (MD 'll)
(VP (AUX have)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB answer)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP me)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
When I first met her, She looked like a hard person to talk to.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When))
(S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB first))
(VP (VBD met)
(NP (PRP her)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP She))
(VP (VBD looked)
(SBAR (IN like)
(S (NP (DT a) (JJ hard) (NN person))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB talk)
(PP (TO to))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Unless absolutely essential – and one would be hard – pressed to articulate good reasons why a laptop would be’ ’ essential during pleasure travel’ ’ – , do not take your laptop with you.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN Unless)
(ADJP (ADJP (RB absolutely) (JJ essential)) (PRN (: -)
(S (CC and)
(NP (PRP one))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ hard)))
(: -)
(VP (VBD pressed)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB articulate)
(NP (NP (JJ good) (NNS reasons))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB why))
(S (NP (DT a) (NN laptop))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (AUX be))))
(: ')
(VP (POS ')
(ADJP (JJ essential)
(PP (IN during)
(NP (NN pleasure) (NN travel))))
('' ') ('' ')))))
(: -))))
(, ,)
(VP (AUX do) (RB not)
(VP (VB take)
(NP (PRP$ your) (NN laptop))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (PRP you)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
“Noelle, you’re really hard to shop for.”
(Parse)
(S1 (SINV (VP (POS ') ('' '))
(NP (NNP Noelle)) (, ,)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (AUX 're)
(ADJP (RB really) (JJ hard)
(SBAR (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB shop)
(PP (IN for)))
(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It seemed like every second person was hard – wired to arc up at the slightest crack, funny look or dodgy manoeuver.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (VBD seemed)
(SBAR (IN like)
(S (NP (DT every) (JJ second) (NN person))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ hard)) (: -)
(S (VP (VBN wired)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NNP arc)))))
(PRT (RP up))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJS slightest) (NN crack)) (, ,)
(NP (JJ funny) (NN look)) (CC or)
(NP (JJ dodgy) (NN manoeuver)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I must trust that they will support me, and trusting another person is very hard for me to do.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD must)
(VP (VB trust)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (VB support)
(NP (PRP me)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (JJ trusting) (DT another) (NN person))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB very) (JJ hard)
(SBAR (IN for)
(S (NP (PRP me))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX do)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’ve been hard on Barack Obama and his campaign lately, for their continuation of the long Democratic tradition of taking the Republican sucker – punches and not punching back.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 've)
(VP (AUX been)
(ADJP (JJ hard))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NNP Barack) (NNP Obama) (CC and) (PRP$ his) (NN campaign)))
(ADVP (RB lately)) (, ,)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (PRP$ their) (NN continuation))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ long) (NNP Democratic) (NN tradition))
(PP (IN of)
(S (VP (VP (VBG taking)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Republican) (NN sucker)))
(: -)
(VP (VBZ punches)) (CC and) (RB not)
(VP (VBG punching) (PRT (RP back)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Even with my researching, penny – pinching ways, I was hard – pressed to find any place else where I can easily fit my family of 6 for four nights for $ 129.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (ADVP (RB Even)) (IN with)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN researching)))
(, ,)
(NP (NP (NN penny)) (PRN (: -)
(S (S (VP (VBG pinching)
(NP (NNS ways))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ hard))))
(: -)))
(VP (VBD pressed)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB find)
(NP (NP (DT any) (NN place))
(SBAR (WHADVP (RB else) (WRB where))
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD can) (ADVP (RB easily))
(VP (VB fit)
(NP (NP (PRP$ my) (NN family))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (CD 6))))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (CD four) (NNS nights))
(PP (IN for)
(NP ($ $) (CD 129)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’m hard at work…
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(ADJP (JJ hard))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NN work) (NNS ..))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I guess I am not as hard as I thought I was… maybe I can *n’t handle all of this…
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP guess)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX am) (RB not)
(ADJP (RB as) (JJ hard))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD thought)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ ..)))))
(. .)
(S (ADVP (RB maybe))
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD can)
(VP (NNP *) (RB n't)
(VP (VB handle)
(NP (NP (DT all))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT this) (NN ..)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Let’s just say I’m pretty hard right now.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (VP (VB Let)
(S (NP (PRP 's)) (ADVP (RB just))
(VP (VB say)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(ADJP (RB pretty) (JJ hard)) (ADVP (RB right) (RB now))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The truth is that I don’t want anything to happen to them because I am REALLY hard on jewelry and tend to loose it easily.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (NN truth))
(VP (AUX is)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX do) (RB n't)
(VP (VB want)
(S (NP (NN anything))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB happen)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP them)))
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VP (AUX am)
(ADJP (RB REALLY) (JJ hard))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NN jewelry))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBP tend)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB loose)
(NP (PRP it)) (ADVP (RB easily)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I love cairo. I do. its been a long time since ive been in a city that can really crawl inside of you the way cairo can. its filthy. its crowded. its loud. everyone is trying to steal from you or swindle you. the poverty is really hard to handle. london is trendy, rome is majestic, and athens is inspiring. marrakesh is invigorating, and barcelona is too cool for school. but cairo has a mystique thats unparalleled. every alley, lane, mosque, juice – hole, kebab shop, and dive cafe has its charm. and I absolutely love the arab people and their culture. my first day in cairo I was exhausted and just tried to get oriented. I went to a cafe for some aiwa [coffee] and sheesha. this goes without saying, but the cafes are all men, usually upwards of 30. I was chatted up and offered tea by a group of 4 older men. one was a judge from upper egypt, a copt, who worked for the high court in cairo. another was a surgeon who spent 12 years living in New York. when you meet an arab, they will ask you a series of pretty standard questions. the first is’ where are you from?
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP love)
(NP (NN cairo))))
(. .)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX do)))
(. .)
(S (NP (PRP$ its)
(VP (AUX been)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ long) (NN time))
(PP (IN since)
(NP (NN ive)))
(SBAR (S (FRAG (VP (AUX been)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN city))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (MD can) (ADVP (RB really))
(VP (VB crawl)
(PP (IN inside)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP you))))
(SBAR (S (NP (DT the) (NN way) (NN cairo))
(VP (MD can)))))
(. .)
(NP (PRP$ its) (NN filthy)) (. .)
(NP (PRP$ its) (JJ crowded)) (. .)
(NP (PRP$ its) (JJ loud)) (. .))
(NP (NN everyone))
(VP (AUX is)
(VP (VBG trying)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB steal)
(SBAR (IN from)
(S (NP (PRP you)) (CC or)
(S (VP (VB swindle)
(NP (PRP you))))
(. .)
(NP (DT the) (NN poverty))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB really) (JJ hard)
(SBAR (S (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB handle))))
(. .)
(NP (NNP london))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ trendy)) (, ,)
(S (S (NP (NNP rome))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NNP majestic))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (NNP athens))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ inspiring))))
(. .)
(NP (NNP marrakesh))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ invigorating)) (, ,)
(S (S (CC and)
(NP (NNP barcelona))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ cool)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NN school)))))
(. .)) (CC but)
(S (S (NP (NNP cairo))
(VP (AUX has)
(S (NP (DT a) (NN mystique))
(VP (VBZ thats)
(VP (VBN unparalleled)))
(. .)
(NP (NP (DT every) (NN alley) (, ,) (NN lane) (, ,) (NN mosque) (, ,) (NN juice)) (: -)
(NP (NP (NN hole)) (, ,)
(NP (NN kebab) (NN shop)) (, ,) (CC and)
(NP (NN dive) (NN cafe))))
(VP (AUX has)
(NP (PRP$ its) (NN charm)))
(. .)) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB absolutely))
(VP (VBP love)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ arab) (NNS people)) (CC and)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NN culture)))))
(. .))))
(NP (PRP$ my) (JJ first) (NN day))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP cairo))))
(NP (PRP I)))
(VP (VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN exhausted)))
(CC and)
(VP (ADVP (RB just)) (VBD tried)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB get)
(ADJP (JJ oriented)))))
(. .)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD went)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN cafe))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT some) (NNP aiwa) (JJ -LSB-) (NN coffee) (NN -RSB-) (CC and) (NN sheesha))))
(. .)
(S (NP (DT this))
(VP (VBZ goes)
(PP (IN without)
(S (VP (VBG saying) (, ,)
(S (CC but)
(NP (DT the) (NNS cafes))
(VP (AUX are)
(NP (NP (DT all) (NNS men)) (, ,) (ADVP (RB usually))
(NP (NP (NNS upwards))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (CD 30)))
(. .)))))
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN chatted) (PRT (RP up))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD offered)
(NP (NN tea))
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN group))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (CD 4) (JJR older) (NNS men))))
(. .)
(S (NP (CD one))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN judge))
(PP (IN from)
(NP (JJ upper) (NNP egypt))))
(, ,)
(NP (DT a) (NN copt)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (VBD worked)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ high) (NN court))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP cairo)))))
(. .)
(S (NP (DT another))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN surgeon))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (VBD spent)
(NP (CD 12) (NNS years))
(S (VP (VBG living)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP New) (NNP York)))))
(. .)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (VBP meet)
(SBAR (S (NP (DT an) (JJ arab)) (, ,)
(NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (VB ask)
(NP (PRP you))
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN series))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (ADJP (RB pretty) (JJ standard)) (NNS questions))))
(. .)
(S (NP (DT the) (JJ first))
(VP (AUX is) (: ') (SBARQ (WHADVP (WRB where)) (SQ (AUX are)
(NP (PRP you))
(ADJP (IN from))))
(. ?)))
In Wikipedia:
Jeremy Clarkson has commented on the Australian version, saying “We’re loving it, even though your funny accents make you hard to understand”.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Jeremy) (NNP Clarkson))
(VP (AUX has)
(VP (VBD commented)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT the) (JJ Australian) (NN version)))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG saying) ('' '')
(S (NP (PRP We))
(VP (AUX 're)
(VP (VBG loving)
(NP (PRP it))))
(, ,)
(SBAR (RB even) (IN though)
(S (NP (PRP$ your) (JJ funny) (NNS accents))
(VP (VBP make)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(ADJP (JJ hard)
(SBAR (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB understand)))
('' ''))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
There are many junior ice hockey teams, and one would be hard – pressed to find even the smallest community without a rink available for organized play.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (EX There))
(VP (AUX are)
(NP (JJ many) (JJ junior) (NN ice) (NN hockey) (NNS teams))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP one))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ hard)) (: -)
(S (VP (VBN pressed)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB find)
(S (NP (NP (RB even) (DT the) (JJS smallest) (NN community))
(PP (IN without)
(NP (DT a) (NN rink))))
(ADJP (JJ available)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (VBN organized) (NN play))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Every perfect mattress for each person will be different because each person s perception of comfort is different What could seem like the most comfortable mattress in the world to one person could be too hard to too soft to another person
(Parse)
(S1 (NP (NP (DT Every) (JJ perfect) (NNP mattress))
(SBAR (IN for)
(S (NP (DT each) (NN person))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ different))
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (NP (DT each) (NN person))
(SBAR (S (NP (NP (NNP s) (NN perception))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN comfort))))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ different))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP What))
(S (VP (MD could)
(VP (VB seem)
(PP (IN like)
(NP (NP (DT the)
(ADJP (RBS most) (JJ comfortable)) (NNP mattress))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN world)))))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (CD one) (NN person)))))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ hard) (TO to) (RB too) (JJ soft)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT another) (NN person))))))))))))))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And I’m hard to please.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC And)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(ADJP (JJ hard)
(SBAR (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB please))))
(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
You are becoming so hard and bitter and it’s not really like you.”
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP You))
(VP (AUX are)
(VP (VBG becoming)
(ADJP (RB so) (JJ hard) (CC and) (JJ bitter)))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX 's) (RB not) (ADVP (RB really))
(PP (IN like)
(NP (PRP you)))))
(. .) ('' '')))
And 20,359 more sentences.
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