a bit of a handful

That he was finding George a bit of a handful.

In my imagination, she amounted to a bit of a handful.

She is a bit of a handful and a party girl and does not like taking responsibility.

"Cow 422 is a bit of a handful," it read.

"They're a bit of a handful, those two," he said, almost fondly.

He can be a bit of a handful sometimes, but only because he is eager and enthusiastic.

She sounds a bit of a handful to me.'

Although a very decent man he is quick-tempered at times, and especially finds his son's alien friends a bit of a handful.

McKay sorts his line out, and if he can keep it on the spot, he could be a bit of a handful.

Even at half-throttle, the boat was a bit of a handful with the sea astern-I guess they all are.

You know, getting a bit of a handful.'

As experienced dog owners we thought we knew what to expect at first- a little mess, some chewing, a bit of a handful.

'Them too - even though they're a bit of a handful.'

America had to get France on its side in the Revolution, and, even back then, France was a bit of a handful.

"A bit of a handful, isn't she?

"You'll be going over to Holland, he tells me, to nurse his sister back on to her feet--a bit of a handful, apparently.

I found Violent (she was originally named Violet, but she's a bit of a handful) in my wardrobe the other day, looking for something to eat.

She has an eleven-year-old sister, Luba, a bit of a handful, whom she evidently frets about.

Keith decided that Bogdan Kominowski was a bit of a handful, so he came up with a new name, Lee Grant.

"But . . . the Bravo Reapers tend to be . . . a bit of a handful.

Its uncompromising ride adds to the challenge, and it was generally agreed that it would have been a bit of a handful up on the moors, but we were beguiled.

"Miss Kate is a bit of a handful," said Mrs. Ford, 'but Miss Cranleigh is working wonders.

Fluttering doves pull a chariot through the air; two snorting steeds toss their heads; death's bony fingers cradle the wanton Venus, a girl who is a bit of a handful in more ways than one.

Hawk for the first time realises that Teekleman is a big man, six foot at the least and perhaps fifteen years younger than him, a strapping fellow who, if he had the heart, the moxie, might be a bit of a handful in a fight.

Smith states that relearning "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" (from the 1988 album of the same name) "was a bit of a handful ... the more we rehearsed it the more the little bits that were sticking needed work.