Example sentences of "[verb] have a difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | WW has had a difficult time , suffering heavy losses on its glass side , but profits could be achieved this year . |
| 2 | Judith is astonished , as she has had a difficult relationship with her mother , whom she feels has little maternal feeling . |
| 3 | Lloyd 's has had a difficult time recently but it remains vital if London is to retain its pre-eminent position in the world insurance market . ’ |
| 4 | Middlesbrough are in with a fine chance of that second automatic promotion spot , especially as they do not appear to have a difficult run-in . |
| 5 | Ian and Barbara meet — the latter having had a difficult time avoiding Nero 's amorous advances — and with the help of Tavius ( who is a Christian ) , they manage to escape from the city . |
| 6 | The prevailing theory that these climate shifts were triggered by the switching on of ‘ thermohaline ’ density-driven vertical circulation is very appealing ; however , it advocates have a difficult , but not impossible , task in explaining mode changes that last only three years . |
| 7 | Another interesting case is that of a little boy who had had a difficult birth and had been left slightly spastic . |
| 8 | One had been given intramuscular ampicillin for a septic cord ; one had had a traumatic caesarean birth ; one had had a difficult birth with vacuum extraction and he also had a ventricular septal defect ; one had a heart murmur ; and one had been premature and in a special care unit with hypotonia and jaundice . |
| 9 | Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener . |
| 10 | The Upholder-class submarines , of which Unicorn is the fourth and last , have had a difficult development period . |
| 11 | BRIAN HALL : ‘ At that particular moment in time we have a manager that has got himself into the semi-final of the FA Cup , he 's got the opportunity of reaching Wembley , he 's had a difficult time in the League , it 's been a traumatic season okay , then he 's told he needs triple by-pass surgery at the age of 39 . |