Example sentences of "[noun] gave [pers pn] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Poor Mangan , ’ Father Poole would sigh , ‘ the street-arabs gave him an awful time — and I was one of them , God forgive me . ’ |
| 2 | On reaching the Spanish borders where officials gave them a hard time , Norman thought it advisable if Minton drove off . |
| 3 | It seems that the seductive Suzie gave him a hard time one way and another . ’ |
| 4 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 5 | Yet Wakefield gave them a hard time throughout . |
| 6 | The press gave him a hard time for his swing and his technique , but I love his attitude . |
| 7 | Mankiewicz always refuted stories that Sinatra gave him a hard time on the set , but one of Mankiewicz 's sons said that his father ‘ finished the picture hating Sinatra ’ . |
| 8 | I am the delighted winner of the Outdoor Action Splash competition and I 'd just like to say that Andy Middleton and his colleagues gave us a great time on our week 's holiday at the Twr-y-Felin outdoor centre . |