Example sentences of "must be [adv] difficult " in BNC.
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1 | She turned noticeably paler under her layers of Mediterranean tan , and tried to look quite innocent — which , Robyn thought drily , must be incredibly difficult . |
2 | She really has this er attitude which I can not understand because erm a a as I think it was Al Reeve said , you know , erm some people ca n't bear children , we ca n't , but we like them but if you have actually borne children , you are in other words a mother , you 've got ta have a attitude , not only to children in general but to your children in particular , which is very very difficult for er a male to understand and a non-father , it 's gon na be very very difficult cos I personally do n't have any children at all and therefore it is very very difficult for me to even comprehend but given that I can erm I can sympathize with something I do not comprehend it must be monumentally difficult for her |
3 | ‘ It must be quite difficult for you , ’ Claire said , brushing , brushing , brushing the long black hair . |
4 | ‘ Initially people think bonsai trees must be quite difficult to keep , but all it takes is a few minutes a day to see they are properly watered . |
5 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
6 | Of course , things must be very difficult for you , ’ he said kindly . |
7 | Despite the reported remarks ‘ to scorer colleagues … it must be very difficult to give a decision so far out ’ , it is n't ; we stand at a distance from which we can see . |
8 | He added : ‘ No-one works harder than Faldo and I admire him because it must be very difficult for him to do that . |
9 | When people are used to , say , £1 of their limited housekeeping money going each Friday to nice Mr Jones when he calls , it must be very difficult for them even to consider diverting that money into a different spending channel which would instead involve them — rather than Mr Jones — in all the work of paying it in . |
10 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |
11 | It 's difficult enough for , for married couples and er for couples , so I mean it must be very difficult for for single and lesbian women . |
12 | " That must be very difficult " , say I , admiringly . |
13 | It must be very difficult to be objective so far as the curriculum and level of knowledge of certain subjects are concerned . |
14 | It seems like you got there 's a logic , there are arguments behind what you 're doing , and you 're equalising things certainly , but I suppose what comes to mind is this phrase to rob Peter to pay Paul , and it must be very difficult to explain to the people in the old folks home when it 's being closed , I 'm sorry , you 're doing this so that somebody else in a different part of the country will have a better quality of life . |