Example sentences of "would [vb infin] have a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 What sort of crazy person would choose to have a hard time ?
2 A Titford family photograph taken in the early 1890s shows husband and wife with five daughters and young Marwood , the girls in neat smocks or severe black dresses , the son in an Eton collar , and every one of the group looking his or her most miserable Sunday best Those photographers who made a speciality of enticing young ladies to say ‘ prunes ’ and ‘ prisms ’ to bring out their charming dimples , called ‘ watch the birdie ! ’ with much gusto or tried ‘ cheese ! ’ in the hope of a smile would have had a rough time indeed with severe-looking Benjamin James and his wife and children .
3 Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him .
4 When I was a boy — just 30 years ago — a store like this would have had a hard time surviving in this small mid-Western Canadian city .
5 If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’
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