You would be hard put to it to find a pleasanter place than this.
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.
When we were married, I was shrewdly put to it to bring him that little stock I had, and to let him see it was no more.
I can tell you my mother's put to it to get porridge for 'em all.
I'd be hard put to it to say exactly why I disliked him.
