Example sentences of "[vb infin] a tough time " in BNC.

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1 Defence counsel , Michael Parroy , said because Jones was a magistrate , he would face a tough time in jail .
2 Similarly , an only child may have a tough time leaving home without the support of brothers and sisters .
3 Compaq figures NT will have a tough time on the server , so its server policy will either be in NetWare or SCO , sticking with the latter at least in the short term .
4 Unless those tariffs are diminished our textile industry will have a tough time , and more jobs will be lost .
5 Well — Frank will have a tough time to get into Norway 's world cup squad .
6 I think we 'll have a tough time for two or three years , but we 'll stick with it because it 's a good business and it 's our kind of business .
7 I think they 're gon na have a tough time .
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