Example sentences of "it [be] hard [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 But she said , ‘ It 's hard on me hips . ’
2 It 's hard on them because they had paid their individual fees .
3 It 's hard on him , being let off the leash Daddy kept him on , being shown the promise of Arcady and then being dragged over here .
4 But er er exact er victories if you in that respect , it 's hard to it 's hard to say whether they were any .
5 I says on a night-time , I said , you know , she ca n't leave her home now , I said , she ca n't manage to put coal on fire , and she ca n't manage to get up up to eat and drink and that , I said , I do n't mind dropping off and taking me turn on the night-time but I mean , but it 's hard , it 's hard with me with kids every night .
6 It 's hard for her . ’
7 It 's hard for her though , ’ said Ella .
8 It 's hard for her to work this out .
9 " It 's hard for her .
10 In order for a fighter to fight in the state of New Jersey , he has to have a thorough medical examination , so it 's hard for me to say . ’
11 I can imagine him saying ‘ Ah luv thee , but dunna ma'e me feel sma' ’ but it 's hard for me to picture the careful explanation and vindication of himself that comes after .
12 I think it 's it 's hard for me to say because I did n't work for him for long .
13 I must apologize for this one , it 's hard for me sometimes to understand it as well .
14 I expect it 's hard for them to find their feet on these shifting sands . ’
15 It 's hard for him to accept that everyone is different in every aspect of their biology — men have different sperm counts just as they have different numbers of hairs on their head or different eye colours .
16 ‘ Look , Maud , ’ pleaded Mildred , ‘ I know it 's hard for you to believe me , but that frog in the pond really is a magician and he can only be changed back by another magician .
17 Perhaps it 's hard for you to believe , but there 's one man , the most dangerous of them all , that I can never leave .
18 It 's hard for you .
19 It 's hard for you .
20 It is hard for them to find the relevance to their lives of the words that are being used .
21 They know that their children are stronger than them in many ways and it is hard for them to come to terms with that and still keep their dignity and self-respect .
22 With no experience of being accepted for who and what they were and are , it is hard for them in their turn to accept the other for what he or she is , or is becoming .
23 It is hard for them not to believe , for they slip in and out of belief caressed by the changing breezes of cultural fashion .
24 It is hard for them .
25 It is hard for them to convince the rich countries to make sacrifices on their behalf .
26 The bedroom doors of Darlington Hall are of a certain thickness and I could by no means hear complete exchanges ; consequently , it is hard for me now to recall precisely what I overheard , just as , indeed , it was for me later that same evening when I reported to his lordship on the matter .
27 It is hard for us to understand how these same principles could have been part of the radical political programme of writers as diverse as Cobbett and Gramsci . ’
28 There some of the inhabitants commit some kind of sacrilege which it is hard for us now to decipher .
29 It is hard for us to communicate back to a horse with body language , but we can simulate some of the horse 's actions .
30 For though it is hard for us to credit it now , many people believed that if you travelled faster than — say — 30 miles an hour , you might actually burst and be scattered across the railway lines .
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