Example sentences of "[pron] had great difficulty " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , habit was to help me to find Aunt Louise with the assurance of a homing pigeon ; now , hesitant of asking the way ( being unable to read on the faces of those I encountered whether they were patients or helpers ) , I had great difficulty in finding the right building ; and then — up ill-lit stone staircases and along corridors — in finding the ward to which I had been directed . |
| 2 | Although I was hungry , I had great difficulty in digesting and so my nights were bad . |
| 3 | When I left the army a couple of years ago , I had great difficulty coming to terms with my change in status . |
| 4 | ‘ I had great difficulty coming to terms with it and adjusting to the problem . |
| 5 | I found coming into Suffolk from Hertfordshire I had n't heard the , any East Anglian dialect before at all erm I did n't find it difficult , there were only two cases and I can remember thinking there were two people er , one of whom is still alive , er who I had great difficulty in understanding and I thought when I can follow both of them without any difficulty I shall know I really belong . |
| 6 | Shortly before he died , Mary had noticed that she had great difficulty swallowing food , had gone to her doctor and he had organized X-rays and tests at the local hospital . |
| 7 | In her room Sally eventually managed to get out of her dress though her hands were trembling so much she had great difficulty with the zipper . |
| 8 | She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding . |
| 9 | As a foreigner she had great difficulty getting admitted there as an apprentice , but eventually succeeded with assistance from the Duke of Orleans . |
| 10 | It took a minute to dawn and then she had great difficulty in not laughing . |
| 11 | She had great difficulty getting herself accepted on a government-sponsored TOPS course because she was considered over-qualified . |
| 12 | There was something about cutter work — glamour , adventure , battling the elements , or just plain escapism — call it what you will , but once you had experienced it you had great difficulty in settling down to the more prosaic existence ashore . |
| 13 | The car broke down , we had great difficulty in collecting the Christmas trees from Jackson 's farm and Ted got into a quite a suicidal mood . |
| 14 | I am sure my hon. Friend well remembers the Committee stage of the Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 when we had great difficulty in discussing the measure properly because the Department would not release the necessary information . |
| 15 | We had great difficulty getting information on the atomic energy privatisation measure . |
| 16 | For the first week , and even later , we had great difficulty in remembering their names , since their names , as well as their faces seemed so alike : for example , we have a number of Li 's , Chu 's , Chang 's and Huang 's ; and even the occasional odd name , like Fang and Kuo , is not particularly helpful . |
| 17 | In fact , they had great difficulty in producing a satisfactory list of categories , and had to revise it as work progressed . |
| 18 | Although the teachers were aware of this ‘ weapon ’ they had great difficulty in finding anything to attack it with . |
| 19 | But we were told recently by a delegation from the french Senate , studying British methods of scrutiny of Community legislation , that they had great difficulty in obtaining copies of Commission legislative proposals and that it had been necessary for them to establish an office in Brussels to ensure a reliable supply . |
| 20 | But it had great difficulty in finding the necessary funds for this purpose , and , partly for this reason and partly because of sheer bureaucratic inefficiency , the payment of the subsidies was always much delayed . |
| 21 | Under the auspices of Scottish/Canadian editor Andy Gray , the paper was faced with a dilemma and one that it had great difficulty resolving , namely how a paper still steeped in show business traditions could come to terms with a new music that was deliberately and defiantly anti-commerciality and the supposed ‘ circus ’ of the pop world . |
| 22 | It was bloated and heavy , and the men gathered on the deck of the boat to receive it had great difficulty lifting it out of the water . |
| 23 | He was ill and lame — and as I am now he had great difficulty in getting to the rostrum . |
| 24 | He had great difficulty in getting party support for his reforms and , although he showed great political skills , he was never able to overcome the powerful opposition of party-vested interests . |
| 25 | He had great difficulty in getting through to the club . |