Example sentences of "it was [prep] [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 He gaily continued to offend and reoffend , to the point where the police wondered whether it was worth bothering to pick him up .
2 Signs like these were enough to convince educated contemporaries that it was worth trying to maintain the pressure on the authorities which they had already begun to generate .
3 I 'd like to put forward the argument that it was by trying to accomodate Cuntona , Wallace and Chappie together at the start of last season that made us a soft touch away from home .
4 It was in trying to forge the necessary alliances and to equip the essential forces that Edward then came into conflict with the laity and the clergy at home .
5 By this time , we got the impression that the gulf between Walworth Road and Streatham was so great , it was like trying to control unruly hill tribes beyond Hadrian 's Wall .
6 I could n't understand how I could possibly make the individual pine-needles knit ; it was like trying to carry grain in a net , or water in a cloth .
7 It was like trying to whistle with a sardine in your mouth .
8 It was like trying to push a fully harnessed plough horse .
9 She and I separated ( it was like trying to unpick a mangled shoelace ) and I staggered through to take the call .
10 She tried to keep the conversation general and without barbs but it was like trying to float a small boat in a treacherous sea .
11 It was like trying to prepare for an earthquake or a hurricane .
12 It was like trying to shore up a wall of quicksand .
13 It was like trying to age an oak .
14 It was like trying to recall a dream .
15 John 's tears were so enormous it was like trying to stem a leak in the plumbing .
16 The solid uncooperative bundle was surprisingly heavy ; it was like trying to manoeuvre a firm and rather smelly poultice .
17 It was like waiting to jump off a cliff — and then , not jumping .
18 It was like coming to harbour after a rough passage — with an armful of comfort to hand .
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