Example sentences of "[v-ing] it hard " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone filed out , pushing a little , finding it hard to maintain their Sunday solemnity . |
| 2 | Olive was n't going to admit it but she was finding it hard to identify with the Moroccans . |
| 3 | The new Conservative leader Mrs Thatcher , was finding it hard to assert herself , especially with a Shadow Cabinet consisting largely of followers of the defeated Edward Heath . |
| 4 | Steve was doing OK but he was finding it hard to play guitar at the same time as singing . |
| 5 | Your boyfriend is finding it hard to come to terms with the prospect of fatherhood and is taking his resentment out on you . |
| 6 | This would raise a wry smile from the Dutch manager , Thijs Libregts , who is finding it hard to discover a matching pair . |
| 7 | Small wonder that only four months after the Berlin Wall came down East German satirists are finding it hard not to be outdone by reality . |
| 8 | She 's a little preoccupied at the moment , just an ordinary person finding it hard to deal with the madness that selling vast amounts of records brings . |
| 9 | Elizabeth was finding it hard to breathe . |
| 10 | Recently they have also assisted other ethnic minority groups with problems of legal status , welfare benefits , housing , training and educational prospects , as well as helping those who were simply finding it hard to settle in . |
| 11 | I do n't remember the carpet coming up to hit me , nor finding it hard to breathe , nor at that moment did the judge put on the black cap and say that I must swing by the neck until I was dead . |
| 12 | If you are finding it hard to pay your electricity bill get in touch with your local electricity shop straight away . |
| 13 | Small wonder that the US marketing industry was finding it hard to sell the idea of the raisin as an all-day snack . |
| 14 | Eddery has since lost his title to Michael Roberts , the first South African jockey to win it , and Scudamore is finding it hard to close the growing daylight between himself and leader Richard Dunwoody . |
| 15 | Souness said : ‘ Bruce is finding it hard to accept he is no longer the automatic No 1 . |
| 16 | Sean Penn was a man America was finding it hard to take to their hearts . |
| 17 | The freelance photographer , of Kennington , London , told Westminster court : ‘ I am finding it hard to pay the bills . |
| 18 | They were finding it hard to make ends meet and life had become very miserable . |
| 19 | Alec was still finding it hard to hide his disbelief . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The rivermen were finding it hard ; the scramble for work was becoming more and more intense as family debts grew and many valued and treasured items found their way into the local pawnshops . |
| 22 | I was trying to teach him French , as he was finding it hard to keep up with the stream of orders and commands being issued by the staff . |
| 23 | We shared a laugh at the strange goings on inside , finding it hard to understand why life had taken such a bizarre turn for John and us all . |
| 24 | Because I am quite shy , I am finding it hard to make friends . |
| 25 | He sighed deeply , finding it hard to say what he must . |
| 26 | But then she noticed that the corners of his mouth were twitching and realised he was finding it hard not to laugh . |
| 27 | She was finding it hard to keep her eyes open . |
| 28 | Normally she would have derived great satisfaction from the image , and even greater satisfaction from the prospect of spending the night amid the pulsating excitement of Monaco at night , but right now she was finding it hard to work up even the tiniest bit of enthusiasm . |
| 29 | Mirabilis twisted and turned , Athelstan and Cranston finding it hard to keep up . |
| 30 | She shook her head , finding it hard to believe the conversation . |