Example sentences of "have a hard time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He even embellished the story in a flood of fluent German , explaining that they had captured the British truck and had had a hard time of it at the front . |
| 2 | Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it ! |
| 3 | They must have been there because people only grew up like Tina when they had had a hard time as children . |
| 4 | COMEDY-thrillers could have a hard time without small black books that disappear containing the clue to mysterious fortunes . |
| 5 | 1992 , 28 , 46 ) will have a hard time in industry . |
| 6 | The judge told Cranog Jones that his plan had been ingenious , but warned him that as a magistrate , he would have a hard time in prison . |
| 7 | There have been a number of unfortunate and avoidable confrontations over the years , brought on by the profanities bellowed out by climbers having a hard time on the shady cliff . |
| 8 | The poor old dear has been having a hard time of late . |
| 9 | The Greek revolt was seen by European liberals who in a sense might be having a hard time of it in in , in those years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Jeff had a hard time with me . |
| 12 | And , since I could not admit that I often found Nonni both difficult and boring , I had a hard time with myself . |
| 13 | Sinead had a hard time at school because she was a newcomer in a class which had been together for two years , and some of her fellow pupils knew her recent history . |
| 14 | Coventry used to be one of the best teams in England … they 've won the cup twice … now they 're in the second division and they had a hard time on saturday … five penalty kicks saw them through … with three tries … none of which were that dazzling … it was Hereford who entertained … their last try was something special something to remember … |
| 15 | Before the 1967 Act the labs had a hard time of it , I can tell you , when all scientific evidence had to be given orally . |
| 16 | Group Finance director Tim Allen said Amdega had a hard time in 1991 , along with most firms in the consumer market . |
| 17 | But even the heavily biased reports from the Propaganda Offices were obliged to admit that criticism of Hitler and grave doubts in his alleged ‘ strategic genius ’ were mounting sharply , and that those still believing his words that 1945 would bring a ‘ historic turning-point ’ in Germany 's fortunes had a hard time against the doubters . |
| 18 | " The peasants have a hard time of it all round , it seems to me . |
| 19 | Independent film productions have a hard time in this country . |