Example sentences of "[vb base] it [adv] hard [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people at midlife find it incredibly hard to get time to sit down , let alone spend an extra hour in bed . |
| 2 | ‘ It means that when I 'm with you I find it annoyingly hard to think straight . |
| 3 | Middle-sized and smaller organisations find it truly hard to compete . |
| 4 | May we try to avoid being cruel and unkind even with those people we find it really hard to like . |
| 5 | The technique of reflecting back helps the interaction : ‘ Let me see : have I understood you right , that your son left home before his marriage ? ’ 'Do you find it really hard to get on with her then ? ’ |
| 6 | And when anyone treats my daughter like that I find it very hard to forgive , I know it hurts my kids , I 'm much more up in arms than if they hurt me . |
| 7 | They are both on low incomes and find it very hard to cope with all the additional expenses of Gail 's illness . |
| 8 | I find it very hard to explain his behaviour during the last month of his life . |
| 9 | And some honest Christian people do and some find it very hard to do . |
| 10 | This very anxiety can unfortunately cause just the rift they dread because people around find it very hard to deal with the ‘ clinging behaviour ’ that often results from this worry about separation . |
| 11 | Gould said : ‘ I 'm absolutely disgusted at this decision and find it very hard to swallow . |
| 12 | In contrast , business corporations find it very hard to have alternative objectives . |
| 13 | ‘ I still find it very hard to believe . ’ |
| 14 | And most single people and er most young people in particular , fall outside that definition and that means that they really have no access to council housing of any kind and er they also find it very hard to get into the private rented sector , because of er the fact that 's it 's er , the rents are so high , and , and therefore they are at the mercy of erm basically the well , well loosely what one could describe as the bad landlords , the sharks , who will er exploit their situation . |
| 15 | I find it very hard to understand that if a person who admits to having raped a person can get away with it . |
| 16 | ‘ Most young swimmers find it terribly hard to do all the training that is required and also live a normal life . |
| 17 | erm we actually find it quite hard to book our seats . |
| 18 | I know it would help to talk to someone but I find it so hard to open up . |
| 19 | One reason why we find it so hard to understand the development of form may be that we do not make machines that develop : often , we understand biological phenomena only when we have invented machines with similar properties . |
| 20 | I find it so hard to express |
| 21 | Given that these viewpoints and value bases are so antagonistic , and yet rarely made explicit , it is not surprising that different groups find it so hard to trust and respect each other . |
| 22 | The sifu demonstrates a full head-on tiger claw attack ; the ripping and gouging movements make it very hard to defend against . |