Example sentences of "it was hard work " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard work — but it was worth it ! |
| 2 | ‘ I expected it to be hard because , when we tested here last February , I did a full race distance and it was hard work , very painful . ’ |
| 3 | Marie collapsed onto the grass : it was hard work , pushing that chair . |
| 4 | It was hard work . |
| 5 | Tom would n't wear rain gear because he could n't find a set to really fit his 6ft 3in frame , so it was hard work for me to keep him dry . |
| 6 | It was hard work trying to understand Franco and by the end of the last telling of the story Sandison was happy to accept a second , though rather smaller , whisky . |
| 7 | It was hard work ! |
| 8 | It was hard work but we all felt rewarded at the end of the day — not like at Sakata — routine work and then out on your neck . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It was hard work but they did a fantastic job on me . |
| 10 | ‘ But they were a small club and it was hard work . |
| 11 | It was hard work but brilliant . |
| 12 | But it was hard work . |
| 13 | It was hard work . |
| 14 | We had seven carts to carry our furniture up that icy hill , but it was hard work for the horses . |
| 15 | It was hard work for them and they got tired very quickly . |
| 16 | It was hard work , but about six months later , I had a very fine canoe . |
| 17 | It was hard work pulling the ship , and the men argued . |
| 18 | By God it was hard , it was hard work in those days . |
| 19 | And my God , again it was hard work , we used to put it in this hay chopper , pile it in and chop and it used to come out like chaff . |
| 20 | We just worked as long as we liked and it and it was hard work of course it was , turning these socks like that , two , well it was hundred dozen pays , that 's two thousand four hundred . |
| 21 | When I , when it came to exam time , I used to work until midnight , have three hours sleep and get up at three in the morning to carry on revising er because I was n't brilliant and I could n't remember everything and it was hard work . |
| 22 | ‘ It was hard work handling the trusses . |
| 23 | ‘ It was hard work . |
| 24 | By gosh , it was hard work , needing good strong healthy men . |
| 25 | ‘ It was hard work but you used to have some enjoyment out of yourself . |
| 26 | It was hard work getting paid , as well . |
| 27 | They moved again , pulling away , but Floy and Snodgrass could see that it was hard work for them . |
| 28 | They were all set to poling now , and it was hard work navigating the flatboat upstream . |
| 29 | But it , it erm it , it was hard work in those days . |
| 30 | It did n't make us rich , and it was hard work , but it seemed a kind of — good , worthwhile occupation — growing things … ’ |