Example sentences of "still [vb past] [pers pn] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time Steven was old enough to come to terms with the divorce , but Matthew still found it difficult . |
| 2 | From the 1570s onwards , even in the conservative south-west of the country , statements by testators which indicate a belief in solafidianism appeared regularly in the preambles of large numbers of wills , although the comments which the same testators made when leaving bequests to charities suggest that many still found it difficult to appreciate that good works could play absolutely no part in their salvation . |
| 3 | Even with structured A4 records , computerised recall and repeat prescribing , and a relatively vigilant team , we still found it difficult to ensure that women who had stopped the pill because of a rise in pressure did not resume it , even when they and practice staff were apparently aware of the risk . |
| 4 | Part of him still found it difficult to forget what he had done to Georgina Newley . |
| 5 | He still found it difficult to accept that Tess , the pure village maiden , was not what she seemed . |
| 6 | Mary-Claude still found it difficult to match the popular image of America with her experience of it . |
| 7 | It annoyed her that , despite everything that had been said and done between them , and which obviously had meant absolutely nothing to him , since his attitude towards her was the same as it had ever been , she still found it difficult to control her emotions in his presence . |
| 8 | Jane appreciated Doug 's perseverance but she still found it difficult to raise the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 9 | He still found it difficult to believe . |