Example sentences of "a hard time [prep] [pron] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | " The peasants have a hard time of it all round , it seems to me . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | These were the people Wesley had come to Cornwall to save , to rescue from the devil and , by all accounts , they had given the old campaigner a hard time of it . |
| 7 | Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it ! |
| 8 | ‘ We have lost four games recently that we never deserved to lose so it 's been a hard time for us . |
| 9 | The press gave him a hard time for his swing and his technique , but I love his attitude . |
| 10 | She was then able to spend occasional weekends at her daughters ' flats , but still gave the residential staff a hard time on her return . |
| 11 | ‘ people who knew him very well must have had quite a hard time with him , he was so depressed . |
| 12 | And , since I could not admit that I often found Nonni both difficult and boring , I had a hard time with myself . |
| 13 | Jeff had a hard time with me . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He felt that Emerson was going through a hard time in his own life , that he was confused , that he was having marital problems , that Brazil and his family were getting him down : in other words , that Emerson was under a lot of pressure . |