Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] difficult " in BNC.
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1 | He was waiting for her to open the conversation , but his manner was so cold and distant that she found it difficult to begin . |
2 | ‘ Some lead such active lives that we found it difficult to arrange a time for interview , while others are so isolated and lonely that our interviewers felt guilty about terminating the interview and leaving them to themselves . ’ |
3 | However , some did make the comment that they found it difficult to get details on the new systems . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | This often relied upon their so-called ‘ gut reaction ’ to evaluate children 's work , with the Head of Department freely admitting that he found it difficult to break down and assess different aspects of work . |