Example sentences of "had [been] a difficult " in BNC.
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1 | It had been a difficult task . |
2 | It had been a difficult time for everyone , but especially Diana , who was perhaps closest to her father of all the children . |
3 | Handicapper Ted Kelly admitted it had been a difficult task rating Vintage Crop . |
4 | The drive to Kent had been a difficult , slow journey hampered by the volume of tourists who poured on and off the cross-Channel ferries . |
5 | Yes , Nicandra thought , it had been a difficult day , what with everything . |
6 | Who to invite had been a difficult point . |
7 | It had been a difficult decision , but she was sure it had been the right one . |
8 | The 1992 dispute had been a difficult one , especially for people working together and with commitment . |
9 | The Board 's General Manager Tom Frawley said today that the decision to close the Shantallow home had been a difficult one , but claimed it was the only possible course of action ‘ in light of the increase over the last few years in the level of nursing home accommodation and the reduced demand for residential accommodation which has come about as a result of improvements in housing in general and the development of sheltered accommodation and other community alternatives . ’ |
10 | It had been a difficult afternoon , and she was not sure she was up to an evening of trying to extract information from Jamie Baird . |