Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're giving him a tough time , it 's not fair to make it tougher . |
| 2 | ‘ Mister , you 're givin' me a hard time , you are , and just when I 'm thinking I 've met a real gent for a change . |
| 3 | Let herself go a bit — ye get that with women whose men are giving them a hard time , and who hav'na found a way of getting their retaliation in first . ’ |
| 4 | While your friends are giving you a hard time at present if you persist and refuse to indulge in drug taking they should eventually accept you as a non-user . |
| 5 | The laughter had stopped a while ago and , ever since , Lydia 's imagination had been giving her a hard time . |
| 6 | " Apparently some of the younger fellows in the Owsla have been giving him a thin time — teasing him about his fur , you know , and saying he only got his place because of the Threarah . |
| 7 | Pilger had been giving him a hard time . |
| 8 | The man had a faint discoloration under one eye — he could n't help speculating whether Dotty had n't been giving him a hard time . |
| 9 | ‘ This magazine has been giving me a hard time . |
| 10 | ‘ Luke been giving you a hard time ? ’ |
| 11 | well — we are sixth from bottom and I guess Pool will be giving us a hard time at Anfield after loosing against Spurs . |
| 12 | We d Okay we do n't know , we want to ask them we w So if you are an MP in North Yorkshire and er you think I 'm giving you a hard time and I know you sneakily listen to this programme , I know you listen . |
| 13 | ‘ That lumbar puncture seems to be taking them a long time . ’ |
| 14 | Oh yes been making it a long time . |
| 15 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 16 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 17 | I 'm sorry , it 's taking me a long time cos I do n't know what to do . |
| 18 | But no , it seemed to be the local name for the twenty kilo fish which was giving me a hard time , though later someone else called it a kingfish . |
| 19 | ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in . |