Example sentences of "it was very [adj] work " in BNC.

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1 There was no latching up or Swiss darning here , it was very sheer work .
2 It was very tiring work , and it kept me busy so that I did not look up and see the Hispaniola until she was just half a mile away from me !
3 And er we used to make about six trips with a two wheeled trolley from Station to his house , two boys 'd do this job because it was very heavy work you know .
4 It was very lonely work , and I was often perished with cold before the end of the day .
5 It was very hard work for that sort of money and I consider it an insult , ’ Austin said of the earlier award .
6 It was very hard work !
7 It was very hard work in many ways ’ , he told me in February 1985 , ‘ and the fact that we 'd been thirteen years [ in Opposition ] meant that most of them , almost all of them , had no experience at all in government .
8 But it was very hard work .
9 It is not as if that period was a failure in terms of personal relationships but it was very hard work to build up those relationships .
10 It was very hard work but it was worth it .
11 It was very hard work and during the middle we had a water fight .
12 But it was very hard work .
13 But it was very hard work .
14 Er it , it was very hard work .
15 It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished .
16 It was very hard work and the weather was extremely windy but all the runners keep each other going , ’ said John .
17 This fellow went up to a chap ( you could not tell who were NCOs or who were officers ) who was just resting because it was very hard work and we were working under pressure , and said sharply : " What is the trouble with you , have you run out of sandbags ? "
18 It was very hard work but fun , because farmers all helped eachother .
19 Mr Dorman , who lives in Daltonon-Tees , said : ‘ It was very hard work .
20 It was very hard work .
21 It was very hard work yes , we created one chance when went begging with a forward pass , but it 's just one of them things .
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