Example sentences of "[pers pn] be hard going " in BNC.
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| 1 | both cold and it 's hard going that three hours in the morning , you know |
| 2 | oh it 's hard going this really is . |
| 3 | It 's hard going these things on your own . |
| 4 | In February and March it was hard going out almost nightly but he liked it and Joan got to know the wives and children of the clergy . |
| 5 | Grandson Richard was shoving his way through the pushing , shouting mass of humans , but it was hard going . |
| 6 | Why the machine had levers at each end was a mystery never satisfactorily explained to the boys , but it created another alley in Grandad 's life , the alley between one machine and another , and though there were no U-boats shooting at him , it was hard going with his bad leg . |
| 7 | It was hard going , but as readers of her undoubtedly interesting although immensely tendentious book will discover , some progress was made , although so far as I was concerned with astonishing fluctuations in my popularity . |
| 8 | But it was hard going . |
| 9 | — It was hard going at first , but after a while her hands began to flow over the keys in an easier , more assured style , and Laura found that she was able to relax , the soft chords and harmony having a soothing effect on her lacerated emotions . |
| 10 | at the county ground … it was hard going … we 've slowed the action down to make the most of Swindon 's best chance against fellow strugglers Sheffield United in a goaless draw … |