Example sentences of "easy time of [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the two , Mr Yates , who will be 81 in November and has been in Congress almost without a break since he was first elected in 1948 , had the easier time of it . |
| 2 | Do you not agree that you writers have had an easier time of it than we in the West , in a closed society where your cultural values are protected , albeit at a price ? |
| 3 | The " lesser widows " had an easier time of it . |
| 4 | That will leave management free to concentrate on the existing businesses which are not having an easy time of it . |
| 5 | When Richard Baxter first came to Kidderminster he by no means had any easy time of it . |
| 6 | But they have not had an easy time of it , as much of the garden was originally covered by a concrete driveway , and the soil , though fertile had a layer of ironstone at about the depth you need to plan shrubs . |
| 7 | The rain had stopped and Hunt had a relatively easy time of it to win . |
| 8 | The 32-year-old French film director has just flown into London from LA , and has not had an easy time of it . |
| 9 | Take That have n't had an easy time of it breaking into the big time . |
| 10 | Animals that feed in these ways have a relatively easy time of it . |
| 11 | I 've felt for sometime we needed to put more pressure on Welsh Office ministers who I feel are having a pretty easy time of it on the environmental front . |
| 12 | Invergordon did not have an easy time of it in 1992 , a fact reflected both by turnover , down 8 per cent at £85 million , and operating profits , down 3.8 per cent at £35.3 million . |