Example sentences of "[verb] it [adj] to make [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | She seemed to find it difficult to make friends , and the fact that she hardly ever wandered far from the house only added to her loneliness . |
2 | I found it impossible to make relationships , I was one hell of a mess . |
3 | Despite the opportunities opened out from the late eighteenth century by an expanding grain trade , a marked increase in the land available , and a steady rise in labour and money dues extracted from the peasantry , the nobility found it difficult to make ends meet . |
4 | Gorge and Mary Webster eventually had another twelve children and found it difficult to make ends meet . |
5 | I mean Paul was one of his friends he never had that many so that probably means he finds it hard to make friends , you can tell |
6 | When he lifted his hand she shrank back , terrified that he would touch her again , but all he did was push the heavy dark hair back from his forehead , his voice coolly impersonal when he answered , ‘ I always find it useful to make plans . ’ |
7 | As a small company of 15 boys we find it hard to make ends meet . |
8 | Some of the smaller stations already find it difficult to make ends meet — and the arrival of a national commercial channel , which would take most of the country-wide advertising , could put them out of business . |
9 | Dr Spink said : ‘ He ought to be defending those who are finding it difficult to make ends meet here . ’ |
10 | I do not question the fact that in some parts of the country students are finding it difficult to make ends meet . |
11 | Because I am quite shy , I am finding it hard to make friends . |
12 | They were finding it hard to make ends meet and life had become very miserable . |
13 | Because of this , they do n't find it easy to make friends and are very difficult to get on with . |
14 | In any income range , people can find it difficult to make ends meet — especially with steep inflation . |