Example sentences of "a [adv] hard time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes Geraldine certainly implied that it had been a jolly hard time . |
| 2 | Er I do n't know shorthand but I thought y somebody who did know shorthand would probably have a less hard time than I do writing down notes . |
| 3 | It was a really hard time . |
| 4 | Our customers gave us a really hard time and our sales staff spent all their time apologising . |
| 5 | Make no mistake , you 're in for a really hard time , and it 's not made any easier by the baddies who wander across the screen . |
| 6 | The YCs got punished more than anybody else and had a really hard time . |
| 7 | Large public meetings were called in the main county towns to test reaction : CEGB speakers were given a consistently hard time . |
| 8 | Willey held things together for a while and the total reached 252 , helped by no fewer than 52 extras since the ball was moving around so much that Murray had a very hard time behind the stumps . |
| 9 | They have a very hard time saying no to momentary pleasures , regardless of the risks or consequences . |
| 10 | Another aim , often hinted at , but rarely stated explicitly , was to counter the threat of early sexual and marital relationships — to help the young people ‘ when they are having a very hard time , physically and often morally ’ . |
| 11 | He did have a very hard time which we , as children , could not understand … they took care of Richard as you know but my mother also had to look after the children left in 2 Dan-y-bont , Pontrhydyfen , travelling there at least twice a week on two separate buses with Richard , a two-year-old , in tow . |
| 12 | Marmosets , tiny monkeys that live in the canopy of the South American rain forest , have a very hard time raising their babies . |
| 13 | I think she would have a very hard time providing leadership , especially now that she is being perceived as more beholden to Washington than to the Filipino people . " |
| 14 | Apparently they went through a very hard time recently . |
| 15 | ‘ When planning permission was refused because of the traffic problems some people gave us a very hard time , ’ she said . |
| 16 | He shouted and swore when Lennie carried a dead mouse in his pocket pet and he gave Lennie a very hard time when Lennie said that he like ketchup on his beans . |