Example sentences of "it [was/were] [prep] [verb] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Signs like these were enough to convince educated contemporaries that it was worth trying to maintain the pressure on the authorities which they had already begun to generate . |
| 2 | It was in trying to forge the necessary alliances and to equip the essential forces that Edward then came into conflict with the laity and the clergy at home . |
| 3 | It was like trying to push a fully harnessed plough horse . |
| 4 | She and I separated ( it was like trying to unpick a mangled shoelace ) and I staggered through to take the call . |
| 5 | She tried to keep the conversation general and without barbs but it was like trying to float a small boat in a treacherous sea . |
| 6 | It was like trying to age an oak . |
| 7 | It was like trying to recall a dream . |
| 8 | John 's tears were so enormous it was like trying to stem a leak in the plumbing . |
| 9 | The solid uncooperative bundle was surprisingly heavy ; it was like trying to manoeuvre a firm and rather smelly poultice . |