Example sentences of "[vb past] a difficult time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now began a difficult time for Colin and Mary . |
| 2 | It proved a difficult time . |
| 3 | I had a difficult time at one airport on a visit during the 1987 election . |
| 4 | The first women newsreaders had a difficult time because they were constantly ‘ filtered ’ through their sexuality . |
| 5 | Even the very best British tabby had a difficult time competing with such dramatic animals . |
| 6 | Heidrick and Struggles had a difficult time when the founders , Gardner Heidrick and John Struggles , left the firm in the early 1980s and there was a period of turmoil until an international partnership structure emerged . |
| 7 | Uralmash had a difficult time last year . |
| 8 | Lacking today 's liberal pre-trial discovery , 19th century United States shippers suing in the United States had a difficult time proving the carriers ' negligence . |
| 9 | He had a difficult time , having largely to rebuild the fleet in a period when every shipyard had an order book as long as your arm . |
| 10 | The five members of the jury had a difficult time choosing the winner from the eight finalists , says Colin Bruder , general manager of Guinness GmbH . |