Example sentences of "a hard time [prep] [pers pn] " 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 | ‘ people who knew him very well must have had quite a hard time with him , he was so depressed . |
10 | Jeff had a hard time with me . |