Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [art] hard time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mister , you 're givin' me a hard time , you are , and just when I 'm thinking I 've met a real gent for a change .
2 Let herself go a bit — ye get that with women whose men are giving them a hard time , and who hav'na found a way of getting their retaliation in first . ’
3 While your friends are giving you a hard time at present if you persist and refuse to indulge in drug taking they should eventually accept you as a non-user .
4 The laughter had stopped a while ago and , ever since , Lydia 's imagination had been giving her a hard time .
5 Pilger had been giving him a hard time .
6 The man had a faint discoloration under one eye — he could n't help speculating whether Dotty had n't been giving him a hard time .
7 ‘ This magazine has been giving me a hard time .
8 ‘ Luke been giving you a hard time ? ’
9 well — we are sixth from bottom and I guess Pool will be giving us a hard time at Anfield after loosing against Spurs .
10 We d Okay we do n't know , we want to ask them we w So if you are an MP in North Yorkshire and er you think I 'm giving you a hard time and I know you sneakily listen to this programme , I know you listen .
11 I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time .
12 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 !
13 But no , it seemed to be the local name for the twenty kilo fish which was giving me a hard time , though later someone else called it a kingfish .
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