Example sentences of "[adj] it be for he [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone .
2 I want him to know how futile it is for him to try and escape my influence … "
3 He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over .
4 Most meal-times took an hour or more but she had realized how important it was for him to eat .
5 The older the child is the harder it is for him to overcome his difficulty , but there are courses and there are techniques available which definitely do help children to overcome their problems with reading and with spelling and with language as a whole .
6 In fact , Galileo 's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina ( 1615 ) shows how difficult it was for him to pursue such an argument , even had he wished .
7 He avoided her glance , and she saw how difficult it was for him to admit to weakness .
8 Similarly , directors have noted how rare it was for him to bring his natural rage into play on screen .
9 And he went and told them how necessary it was for him to go to Canada , in the interests of the firm .
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