Example sentences of "find it [adj] [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evening proved to be extremely busy , and Juliet found it impossible to slip up to Hunter again . |
| 2 | Owen found it hard to keep up with him . |
| 3 | What his co-religionists sometimes found it difficult to put up with , however , was his abrasive personality and haranguing manner , a combination which ensured fiery exchanges and injured feelings in the frequent communal meetings . |
| 4 | Older brother Helgard won three caps in the early 80s , and Muller found it tough growing up with that comparison . |
| 5 | He had never found it easy to get up in the morning , and being under sentence of death did not make the prospect of a new day any more enticing . |
| 6 | Small firms have traditionally found it difficult to set up in rural areas , despite the need for job creation and economic diversification , and this Circular is designed to help them by , for example , relaxing the conditions over the re-use of redundant agricultural buildings . |
| 7 | Even then she had found it difficult to get up in the morning , had begged and pleaded to be allowed to lie in a little longer , had gone back to sleep more often than not , the forerunner , Cecilia supposed , of her present practice of often lying in bed till noon . |
| 8 | Sleep is commonly disturbed in one way or another : some people nod off as soon as they get home and sit down ; they wake up at midnight with the TV still on — and then ca n't get back to sleep again till 3am ; some people find it impossible to wake up in the morning and getting out of bed is a real struggle ; others are awake at half-past four in the morning with their brains buzzing and churning ; some people find themselves getting very sleepy when difficult or anxiety-making things happen . |
| 9 | But , the odd unscripted upset aside , the chairmen and chairwomen find it hard to keep up with torrential voting in favour of the leadership line . |
| 10 | Some people find it easier to give up with a friend or a group at work . |
| 11 | I must admit , though , I find it difficult to keep up with their thought patterns at times . ’ |
| 12 | I was trying to teach him French , as he was finding it hard to keep up with the stream of orders and commands being issued by the staff . |
| 13 | It 's very hard , I am finding it hard to keep up with them at the moment . |
| 14 | They are ideal for large breeds , or individuals which have a back ailment of any kind and may find it painful to curl up in a basket . |
| 15 | As trade in services soars , taxmen will find it harder to keep up with clever finance directors . |
| 16 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |