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 .
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