Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] hard time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amelia Davis , born into a gipsy family , has known hard times before but never quite like this . |
| 2 | But 60-year-old Bill has hit hard times and said : ‘ I do n't want to sell my memorabilia but at the same time I refuse to sign on the dole — I 'm too proud for that . ’ |
| 3 | There were so few possessions or comforts in the room that it was clear Mr Sikes had met hard times . |
| 4 | Since the Risorgimento in the nineteenth century , when the movement for political unification had taken place , Italy had experienced hard times and many political humiliations , so in 1929 , when Mussolini ended the friction between the Church and the State by signing a concordat with the Vatican , most people really believed that the country was destined for a great future . |
| 5 | Henry , the Marquess of Flaxton had known hard times . |
| 6 | Now the speculators have hit hard times and are desperately trying to off-load the cars which have become millstones around their necks . |