Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] a hard time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do I look as if I 'm having a hard time ? |
| 2 | That is left for members of the host community to do , as it busies itself ghettoizing the minority ; and as it ghettoizes it mumbles , and if you listen carefully you can just discern beneath the self-righteousness , the self-congratulation , the following : ‘ Okay , okay , so you were having a hard time in your own country . |
| 3 | She figures they 're having a hard time positioning the thing and do n't want to mess up the good thing they have going with Windows . |
| 4 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
| 5 | The sailors were dropping off the stern ladder into the tender as he reached the dock , and with the tender pitching in the steep lop , they were having a hard time . |