There were still places I'd never used - some because they were out of reach and others due to common sense - so I persevered for a while.
There were still spots I'd never used some because they were out of reach and others because common sense had previously told me to avoid them so I persevered for a while.
(Quick! Someone tell Bono!) And, what's more, I'd suffered for it, persevering in the face of loneliness and the harsh Irish countryside.
But those who find the opportunity will be those who are out there looking for it, persevering in the face of rejections and doing the preparation they need to do so that when opportunity arises, they are ready to seize it!
But it is worth persevering for two reasons.
But it was worth persevering for long before the end Sahota proves a wonderfully evocative storyteller, taking us into the heart of the world of illegal migration and how it shapes lives.
"It was worth persevering for before the end Sahota proves a wonderfully evocative storyteller, taking us into the heart of the world of illegal migration and how it shapes lives.
But it is worth persevering for the shock of the ending, which is both purgative and abhorrent in a manner that suggests that Myers has the potential to become a true tragedian of the fells.
Parts of this stretch can feel suburban at times, as you skirt around the edge of yet another housing estate, but it's worth persevering for the Thurrock Thameside nature park, an extraordinary project which is restoring to wilderness one of Europe's largest landfill sites and creating an important habitat for wading birds, brown hares, water voles, adders, butterflies and bats.
Ross Armstrong's debut The Watcher (Harlequin Mira) begins with a blizzard of attention-seeking staccato sentences – the literary equivalent of being jabbed repeatedly with a pair of compasses – but it's worth persevering for an eerily atmospheric reworking of Hitchcock's Rear Window with a nod towards The Girl on the Train, set in rapidly gentrifying north London.
