Example sentences of "[be] give [pron] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 You 're giving him a tough time , it 's not fair to make it tougher .
2 Let herself go a bit — ye get that with women whose men are giving them a hard time , and who hav'na found a way of getting their retaliation in first . ’
3 While your friends are giving you a hard time at present if you persist and refuse to indulge in drug taking they should eventually accept you as a non-user .
4 The laughter had stopped a while ago and , ever since , Lydia 's imagination had been giving her a hard time .
5 " Apparently some of the younger fellows in the Owsla have been giving him a thin time — teasing him about his fur , you know , and saying he only got his place because of the Threarah .
6 Pilger had been giving him a hard time .
7 The man had a faint discoloration under one eye — he could n't help speculating whether Dotty had n't been giving him a hard time .
8 ‘ This magazine has been giving me a hard time .
9 ‘ Luke been giving you a hard time ? ’
10 well — we are sixth from bottom and I guess Pool will be giving us a hard time at Anfield after loosing against Spurs .
11 We d Okay we do n't know , we want to ask them we w So if you are an MP in North Yorkshire and er you think I 'm giving you a hard time and I know you sneakily listen to this programme , I know you listen .
12 I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time .
13 I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time !
14 But no , it seemed to be the local name for the twenty kilo fish which was giving me a hard time , though later someone else called it a kingfish .
15 ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in .
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