Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You 're keeping it all locked up inside you ; you wo n't share it with me . ’ |
2 | ‘ We 're finding it tough going this year , ’ says Robin . |
3 | Your only problem now is the fact that you 're finding it difficult to get on with work and responsibilities ! |
4 | And I 'm giving it three wipes each time . |
5 | In another way , however , I 'm finding it easier to cope with because there is so much to see and do here . |
6 | I love my two sons , aged three and 21 months , but I 'm finding it difficult to cope with them . |
7 | I was never any good at poker , and I 'm finding it difficult to write calmly to you . |
8 | ‘ I wonder why I 'm finding it difficult to believe a single word uttered by those gorgeous lips , ’ he murmured . |
9 | Now I 'm finding it difficult to find my way to the correct place . |
10 | I said ‘ I 'm finding it hard to talk . |
11 | The thing is , for some reason , I 'm finding it hard to borrow the necessary capital . |
12 | After that maybe , just maybe , you can start proving to me you do possess some measure of professionalism — although to be honest , ’ he added caustically , ‘ I 'm finding it hard to believe you 're capable of distinguishing between a weed and an orchid at the moment , or even digging a garden , let alone ever designing one . ’ |
13 | Until recently , the acoustic analysis of speech has been such a slow and laborious business that only small samples of speech could be analysed , but recent developments in the use of computers are making it possible to carry out analysis on a much larger scale . |
14 | That just as you are making it possible to select conceptions that will result in the right sort of people , as you define them , and reject the potentially bad ones , so it would be possible to reject the good and retain the bad . |
15 | His special offer comes as estate agents say it 's a good time to buy but high interest rates are making it difficult to sell . |
16 | Straw-burning after harvest , now widely practised , exacerbates this problem , and some downland farmers are finding it necessary to go back to grass and more livestock to maintain the humus level and soil structure . |
17 | In an attempt to maintain their share of the young labour market , employers are finding it necessary to offer their own training courses , on the rates of pay currently going to young people in the labour market , rather than the YTS trainee pay level . |
18 | And we 've had , had instances of why that policy did n't work , and I 'm only sorry that those people who supported it before are finding it impossible to support it now . |
19 | Similarly , some of the bigger employers are finding it impossible to attract young workers on to their YTS schemes . |
20 | Evidence of two-tier trading already exists in Scotland , where companies with supermarket contracts are finding it impossible to cover overheads because the multiples themselves are locked in price competition . |
21 | Operators in other countries may maintain that they have ‘ commercial ’ digital services , but as yet they have few customers and they are finding it hard to rival the falling prices of analogue cellular networks . |
22 | Both teams are finding it hard to hit the winning trail at the moment and Oxford need at least a point from this one . |
23 | Perhaps you could say to both daughter and stepdaughter that you are finding it hard to cope with your husband and need to ease up on the child minding . |
24 | The library at St Edwards School , Oxford , and two sixth formers are finding it hard to concentrate on their work . |
25 | A unique service is being offered to people who are finding it hard to look after the graves of their loved ones . |
26 | But there are still some people who are finding it hard to adjust . |
27 | If you are finding it hard to pay your electricity bill get in touch with your local electricity shop straight away . |
28 | If you are finding it hard to pay your fuel bills , you should get in touch with your gas showroom , electricity shop or their offices . |
29 | And how difficult is it all these Midland local Midland matches because the Midlands teams are finding it hard to get near the top . |
30 | Some are finding it easier to talk about their past as each weekly get together follows the last . |