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

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1 Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time .
2 ‘ He 's had a hard time , has Prentice .
3 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 .
4 ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied .
5 Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him .
6 You 've sure had a hard time , Yvonne ; let's hope a copy of PowerPoint will cheer you up .
7 They must have been there because people only grew up like Tina when they had had a hard time as children .
8 " You 've had a hard time , Miss Chilcott . "
9 Those organizations , most notably the Countryside Commission , which have earnestly attempted to reconcile the viewpoints of farmers and environmentalists have had a hard time .
10 ‘ 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 . ’
11 Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it !
12 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 .
13 She 's a fine girl , Seb , and she 's had a hard time .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 DEC 's Alpha , meanwhile , was given a hard time for being late into the market .
17 Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned .
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