Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] [art] tough [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are in for a tough time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It looks as though we 're in for a tough time ! ’ |
| 3 | On the other hand if you 've important business or vital meetings to attend you will be in for a tough time . |
| 4 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
| 5 | Geoff Wildinson , assistant director for filed work , recognises the SSD is in for a tough time . |
| 6 | The former Northern Ireland champion won the first frame 71-45 but McCluskey took the second 57-37 and it seemed as though the Ulsterman was in for a tough fight . |
| 7 | But he was a most willing worker , and although she knew she was in for a tough day without him she offered her sympathy , and advised , ‘ Take an Alka-Seltzer and go back to bed . |