Example sentences of "had [art] rough [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 N. You had a rough school background .
2 ‘ We had a rough night .
3 Sounds as if he had a rough night trying to keep pace with his hosts , poor fellow !
4 Tomorrow the Transport Secretary John MacGregor reintroduces the bill to privatize British Rail to the House of Commons , it had a rough journey through the House of Lords and until late last week it looked set for a stormy passage through the Commons too , but then Mr MacGregor introduced a series of amendments that everyone assumes will satisfy the rebellious Tory MP s , but as Michael Gold reports , there are still obstacles for Mr MacGregor to surmount .
5 She had a rough voice gentled , between London and Liverpool , as the group voice was .
6 I had a rough idea in my mind , before going to Portugal , of the approximate shape and design of the picture I wanted to create .
7 I had a rough idea from the photograph where the site was , but on the ground everything looked different .
8 They had a rough idea of when the murder took place from the state of the body — not exact , but within a day or two .
9 I 've got , I , I had a rough idea of what he 'd got and what he had n't now .
10 ‘ Than to go for strychnine — that 's what it looks like to me , and you can see that he had a rough passage out .
11 All agreed they had a rough deal as their work often involved great pain .
12 Barnes and Anthony Clement , who had a rough match in defence , combined to send Guscott streaming between two hopeful tacklers for a try converted by Barnes .
13 Prince Charles had a rough reception and a difficult , at times terrifying three months at the hands of extreme Welsh nationalists .
14 Had a rough week ? ’
15 ‘ Bolfracks had a rough time , then ? ’
16 You might get a real bad one and then you had a rough time but mostly they gave way and very often , if you got a drunk , another policeman saw you were having some difficulty .
17 Two years ago , for example , I had a rough time .
18 Major Match was favourite to follow up in the latest running of the Kempton contest , but had a rough time , getting knocked around before trailing in last behind Far Senior .
19 ‘ Fish-curing was hard work : we had a rough time .
20 He used to teach English in a comprehensive school and he probably had a rough time of it .
21 Any member on a committee to which Karl Barth belonged had a rough ride .
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