Example sentences of "[adj] it was for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew how easy it was for someone to conceal himself amongst the clutter of hanging garments , unseen and unsuspected , while even grown-ups went about their business in ignorance of his presence . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | No one would know how hard it was for her to act the bride she would never be . |
| 4 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 5 | Most meal-times took an hour or more but she had realized how important it was for him to eat . |
| 6 | Our guide Sam gave us very clear instructions — he did n't need to emphasise how important it was for us to do exactly as he said . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He avoided her glance , and she saw how difficult it was for him to admit to weakness . |
| 9 | The New York Herald headlined ‘ These Girl 's Do n't Drink , Smoke or Flirt ’ and printed an article , attributed to Mary , in which she explained how difficult it was for her to maintain discipline in a society where young girls were surrounded on every side by such bad examples of free and easy ways in all walks of life . |
| 10 | The fact that I should think this , and thought this at the time when I was one of the leaders of the movement campaigning for the ordination of women , brings it home to me how difficult it was for me to work within that movement . |
| 11 | Similarly , directors have noted how rare it was for him to bring his natural rage into play on screen . |
| 12 | And he went and told them how necessary it was for him to go to Canada , in the interests of the firm . |