Example sentences of "give us a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a heartening thought : he might give us a hard time but , at root , Bob is on our side … |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in . |
| 4 | But they were , at that particular time with the Germans , giving us a bad time in the Western Desert . |
| 5 | well — we are sixth from bottom and I guess Pool will be giving us a hard time at Anfield after loosing against Spurs . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I rather think that the RN instructors on my course must have suffered at the hands of the Customs on returning from a foreign tour as they really gave us a hard time . |
| 8 | Dennis had given us a rough time in the previous two Tests and so I started to chat to him to get him in a favourable mood for when it was our turn to bat . |