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 . |