Example sentences of "it [verb] been hard [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It had been hard work , but now I understood why people wanted to be National Trust volunteers .
2 My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary recently came out of his negotiations with , among others , our French partners , and , in his diplomatic way , observed that , like Waterloo , it had been hard pounding .
3 ‘ Yes , it 's been hard work . ’
4 It 's been hard work for us but we 're not giving in in here and that 's it .
5 It 's been hard work , of course .
6 John Gorman says … he 's happy but in some ways disappointed that they 've had to wait so long for a win … it 's been hard week after week … but they 've shown great character and the fans have been very supportive
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