Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't give me a hard time , McLeish , just bloody do it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't give me a hard time , ’ she begged . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | I 'll give you a good time . ’ |
| 5 | I can give you a good time . ’ |
| 6 | Did they give you a difficult time ? |
| 7 | ‘ At prop , if you do not show aggression and attack your opposite number , whilst contributing to making sure that your own ball is protected , you can be certain that your opponents will give you a hard time . |
| 8 | ‘ Did she give you a hard time ? ’ |
| 9 | In return for a £250 donation to the Appeal Fund we will give you an engraved Time Capsule measuring 75mm dia. × 230mm long ( 3″ × 9″ ) . |
| 10 | You 'll be more than welcome — ugly and depressing though it is — we 'll show you a good time — we mean that , Hans — we really do . ’ |
| 11 | It must have been the change in engine tone that woke her a long time later . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 13 | Try to allocate yourself a set time each day when you will practise your exercises . |
| 14 | I kept trying to remember what a good time Sugar and Spite had been — and Goodstyle , a history of art revue I 'd written and pinched and compiled for Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , Dundee , when I 'd been writer in residence . |
| 15 | It 's a heartening thought : he might give us a hard time but , at root , Bob is on our side … |
| 16 | We 're out there riding as hard as we can and if that gives any of the supporters any sort of er consolation , I do n't know if it does or not , but it — we 're really giving our best all the time and er win , lose or draw you 'll always find us every time we 've got a doing our best and er although often some people might shout and scream and give us a hard time , er it 's not for , for lack of trying , I mean nobody wants to finish last and er me even more than most , so just get behind us and shout and scream and we 'll try our hardest . |
| 17 | Mr Rochester was in such a hurry that he only allowed me a short time to put on my wedding dress and veil . |
| 18 | I 'm left with the fact that they knock me up in the middle of the night , turn my place over , give me a hard time , then just forget about it all . |
| 19 | If you wonder why people give you a hard time , it 's because you write shit like this . |
| 20 | Gerber , with 19 international tries in 24 Tests , is considering retirement when he returns to the Republic , insisting : ‘ When you are 24 your mistakes are forgiven , but when you are my age every game has to be excellent or the critics give you a difficult time . |
| 21 | We always give her a hard time . |
| 22 | and give him a rough time and he was the longest serving rep with . |
| 23 | And I and when you 've had it a long time you |
| 24 | Well we 've had it a long time do n't know how long it lasts . |
| 25 | ‘ We 'd only had it a short time but it was very tame and friendly . |
| 26 | Well you , I mean to say that I 've had mine a long time and you ai n't done much mileage on it . |
| 27 | Food is highly expensive and you could see what a hard time people had been through . |
| 28 | Erm so that shows what a long time ago it was . |
| 29 | A losing attitude means that if you try something and find it does n't work , you beat yourself up , give yourself a hard time and do n't try again . |
| 30 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |