Example sentences of "not [verb] [art] [adj] time of " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The 32-year-old French film director has just flown into London from LA , and has not had an easy time of it . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | That will leave management free to concentrate on the existing businesses which are not having an easy time of it . |
5 | In general , do not exceed the total time of the still air pattern by more than 1 minute . |