Example sentences of "[verb] a [adv] difficult time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had a rather difficult time of it of late and it may be affecting my attitude to people . ’ |
| 2 | If it had been Rime Giants following us we would have had a more difficult time of it ; they enjoy such conditions . |
| 3 | It is obvious that the breed clubs will have a very difficult time in the next decade . |
| 4 | I rather pity the young who live in London because they must be having a particularly difficult time . |
| 5 | But there was another woman , at the second table : a woman only half the age of her executively suited escort ; a woman who was having a fairly difficult time by the look of things , earnestly rehearsing a whole chapter of body language with her ringless hands . |
| 6 | She told me you had a very difficult time . ’ |
| 7 | Students in Oxford have a particularly difficult time finding housing within their price range because although the cost of rented accommodation is similar to London , students in the region do n't get extra grant to cover it . |
| 8 | Erm it also means that in the case of tapes that have come from your parents you 're more likely to know one or two of the speakers and therefore have a less difficult time sorting out which one of these twelve |