Example sentences of "[verb] [art] hard time " in BNC.

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1 Couple this with a quality assessment system which is riddled with jargon and technical description and the caterer has a hard time deciding what he or she is going to buy and from which company .
2 Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time .
3 ‘ He 's had a hard time , has Prentice .
4 He even embellished the story in a flood of fluent German , explaining that they had captured the British truck and had had a hard time of it at the front .
5 ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied .
6 Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him .
7 You 've sure had a hard time , Yvonne ; let's hope a copy of PowerPoint will cheer you up .
8 They must have been there because people only grew up like Tina when they had had a hard time as children .
9 " You 've had a hard time , Miss Chilcott . "
10 Those organizations , most notably the Countryside Commission , which have earnestly attempted to reconcile the viewpoints of farmers and environmentalists have had a hard time .
11 ‘ I had no idea that Mary was on that tack ; she 's a nice girl and she 's had a hard time what with that husband of has and now her father almost bedridden with arthritis . ’
12 Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it !
13 When I was a boy — just 30 years ago — a store like this would have had a hard time surviving in this small mid-Western Canadian city .
14 She 's a fine girl , Seb , and she 's had a hard time .
15 The British Council abroad is bent on getting everything connected with British education and culture under its tyrannical control , and outsiders like myself who found their own positions without passing through the old-boy network and the rigid screening system of the Council were always given a hard time .
16 The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose .
17 DEC 's Alpha , meanwhile , was given a hard time for being late into the market .
18 Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned .
19 But does their mother think they get a hard time at school from the locals ?
20 But the Chancellor may have a hard time explaining why the pound has to shadow the Deutschmark .
21 COMEDY-thrillers could have a hard time without small black books that disappear containing the clue to mysterious fortunes .
22 Some officials have spoken of getting NATO to spread its wings , though they might have a hard time persuading the Canadians and Europeans of that .
23 They 'd have a hard time proving that , I think , if they were interested in proof ; which I 'm not sure they are .
24 The innovation of Private Eye ensured that deference , if not quite dead , would henceforth have a hard time .
25 1992 , 28 , 46 ) will have a hard time in industry .
26 Betty and Joanne must have a hard time managing . ’
27 Even though it offers compensation to people who have already bought shops or flats , Albania 's court system , now being rebuilt from scratch after almost 30 years without a justice ministry , will have a hard time sorting out property disputes .
28 This means Zeneca might have a hard time charging much more than Merck 's price for its drug , even if Merrem is better .
29 While it is true that the speculation is an essential part of science , and true that new ideas may have a hard time gaining acceptance , it does not follow that untested science belongs in court .
30 If any of these poor beggars die of cold old Starling will have a hard time digging a hole for them . ’
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