Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , some did make the comment that they found it difficult to get details on the new systems . |
| 2 | As the family grew up the wife could take a less active part in the farm work especially when the son left school but occasionally they found it difficult to settle back into a domestic routine . |
| 3 | Carers were asked whether they found it difficult to cope with any of the tasks they performed . |
| 4 | They found it difficult to rouse him and on seeing the bottle of tablets on the floor next to him , called an ambulance to take him to hospital . |
| 5 | More important , perhaps , they found it difficult to understand why wines which smelled so seductively sweet should taste dry to the point of austerity . |
| 6 | They had , but they found it difficult because you 'd got ta , got ta get a licence to keep them you see . |
| 7 | Celia hoped they were still loyal enough to be decently enthusiastic , even if they found it difficult at first to appreciate the new subtlety of Yorick 's music . |
| 8 | Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk . |
| 9 | 15% said they were badly affected — and of those , roughly one half said their main problem was that they found it difficult to pick up their usual programmes on LW . |
| 10 | In general local law societies disagreed with the question , although they found it difficult to reach a consensus on the issue . |
| 11 | When it came to new furnishings , people usually they found it difficult to say why apart from ‘ I got it because I liked it ’ , or ‘ I got it because it was cheap ’ . |