(1) He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.

(2) People should be hard put to it to find suitable words for the slaughter of the innocent Iraq civilians.

(3) He was hard put to it to decide whether to stay in England or go abroad.

(4) You'd be hard put to it to justify your behaviour .

(5) She would be hard put to it to list other films which she liked more.

(6) He was hard put to it to decide whether to stay or to quit.

(7) I'd be hard put to it to say exactly why I disliked him.

(8) The chauffeur was hard put to it . He tried sounding the horn.

(9) I shall be hard put to it to pay my bills this month.

(10) At times they were hard put to it to fill the orders flooding in.

(11) You'd be hard put to it to make it more cheaply.

(12) You would be hard put to it to find a pleasanter place than this.

(13) Yet had she been asked what that destination was she would have been hard put to it to answer.

(14) I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment!

(15) Thanks for the loan, but you ought to know that I'll be hard put to it to repay you before the end of the month .

(1) He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.