hard time

If you're not in control you're going to have a really hard time trying to control your mind by thinking of nothing.

Even Einstein might have had a hard time making sense of the numbers that come out of the typical accounting department.

Tom: Come on, don't give me a hard time. You know I'm not good at it.

When playing you seem to be the type to make firm decisions, were there times when you had a hard time trusting your judgement?

They are having a hard time across the board, and may be very much in need of intervention to help them out in another domain.

Rebels appear to have had a hard time obtaining binoculars during the war's early days.

She tends to get on her high horse and gave the men a hard time.

They are not agile or fast ships. If the enemy decides to make a run for it, ship-of-the-line would have hard time to catch up.

But destiny is not the final answer although once we are on its path we seem to have a very hard time getting off of it.

If I had been one of Paul's peers, I would have had a hard time believing that he was called.

Nothing could really inspire me at all. It was truly a hard time for me, a life of disaster.

'I gave David a hard time, I said half his teammates could be his kids. We're getting old David, though you're holding up better than me'.

Yes, definitely. I've picked out a few things already, but I'm having a hard time deciding among all of these office chairs.

But the brilliant satirist had a hard time figuring out what rules to break as he struggled for years to tell his own life story.

It is a hard time for me to miss you but it is even harder not to do so. In such a contrary mood, I miss you deeply!

The children in the front, directly below the stage, however, had a hard time seeing.

About all the steel chiefs agreed on was that they were getting a hard time from miners, and that things didn't look good for the market.

I used to go with him but he had such hard time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests.

It's so bloody romantic that the date might have a hard time measuring up to it.

One of them was very avoidant; he had a hard time and got to the point where he was thinking about breaking up.

Any intelligent aliens we meet could be so far advanced we might have a hard time even recognizing them as being life-forms at all.

That's a hard time. The air is cold and damp, and the road is often icy.

A year or two from now, the Internet is going to be so saturated with online sellers, you'll have hard time fitting in.

The last time I sat with June on a Saturday morning in her bedroom, she was having hard time breathing and getting comfortable.

I love to be surrounded by beautiful bodies in an aesthetic sense, but some people have such a hard time separating the two.

Even without the north-south divide, however, Vale might have had a hard time putting its stamp on its new acquisition.

But the coming months will test the resolve of an organisation that has a hard time living up to its own expectations.

Aunt Badri, however, had a hard time disengaging emotionally from her house and family and denied the dark cloud that hung above our heads.

He would have such a hard time if he took every single situation seriously.

I have to say I gave David a hard time -- I said half his teammates could be his kids.

Was I ready to spend a month in Europe by myself? . I had a hard time going to a movie alone!

In-laws or older individuals may give you a bit of a hard time today.

About a year and a half ago, his goat Millie was giving him a hard time.

I'm having a hard time believing this was all just a coincidence!

You know? And I realized that I never worked with color, because I had a hard time controlling the idea of single colors.

She hoped that when Nixon told it to me the next morning I would not give him a hard time.

In fact, I think the State Department is going to have a hard time of it trying to spin this.

As you know Joyce had a hard time with this sinthome.

At a time like this their savings can spare them a great deal of suffering and help to see them through the hard time.

It had piled up so much during the last two weeks that I was sure to have a hard time.

Chievo is going through a good time and just like all the teams trying to avoid relegation they will surely give us a hard time.

Sales of the Focus were up this year compared with last, he said, and dealers were having a hard time keeping them in stock.

A lot of philosophers have had a hard time believing it was possible for there to be objective standards for art.

You will do whatever you can to help him in his hard time, and never care about his repayment.

You must have English as a first language, because last time I had a very hard time making the designer understand what I was saying.

"I now make a conscious effort not to give him a hard time about it, because that's what he wants to do, " Katie says.

After the war, Hemingway had an especially hard time readjusting to life in the United States.

In China today, however, the practical reality seems to have a hard time living up to this romanticized ideal.

Tallahassee, Florida, has had a hard time trying to keep the capital there.

Unfortunately she had a hard time sending out so many versions of the spreadsheet, and didn't know how she could upload it to a website.

It were courage and strength that made people create the age of machine. Without them, we may be still in the ancient hard time.

He accused the maintenance man of stealing shoes and t-shirts and came to the office and gave the manager a hard time.

I looked in the mirror and saw lots of wrinkles. I had a hard time fitting that outward me with the me inside.

Sheldon: Well, you seem like a perfectly pleasant person. I can't understand why women have such a hard time loving you.

If you're having a hard time kicking a bad habit or limiting distractions through moderation, you might be an all or nothing person too.

Oh, you think you're going to have a hard time getting the album published?

It had piled up so muck during the last two weeks that I was sure to have a hard time .

Sixth grade was a new school to me and I had a hard time kind of getting along with all the kids.

Henry passed through a very hard time when his wife died.

And I kind of had a hard time accepting that myself. If he is full of love, and wanting to help someone, why would that be bad? Is it bad?

She was poor, quite alone, and had had a hard time in London, both before and after her husband died.

After the series ended, Dana had a hard time trying to find other acting work.

The poor woman must have a hard time of it , for she has three children, and her husband is out of work .

It is why some of you have had a really hard time, but remember that you chose to end this cycle that way.

He gave me a hard time when I worked with him.

Maybe another country like Europe would be better, idk if you would have such a hard time getting a visa for Europe.

They are going to have hard time solving all the immediate consequences of the war.

The one you let go is going to have a hard time of it, and so will his wife and children.

Marisa: You're right. This time you aren't lazy. You must have had such a hard time waiting for us. . .

The revolutionary army had a hard time of it when they captured the city.

My family started using this product a couple of years ago, but have had a hard time finding it in the local stores.

Dairy is one of the number 1 reasons people have such a hard time losing weight.

In a culture where it's easy to fire off a snippy email or text, most of us have a hard time honestly expressing anger face to face.

I heard you have had a very strict boss when you started working. That must be a hard time .

He told me that he had a hard time to finish it as soon as possible since it is not a specialized technical book.

The farm lies so much out of the way that we had a hard time finding it.

The pictures call up the hard time that I used to have.

The immune system has a hard time recognizing and fighting cancer because the enemy is not an invading germ but our own cells gone rogue.

Small wonder that it has had a hard time coping, particularly in such technophile cities as New York and San Francisco.

When we were involved in high-stakes foreign and domestic problems, I often had a hard time relaxing enough to fully enjoy such things.

IGN: Now I'm a big fan of the show, but I have to admit, sometimes I had a hard time getting my head around the timeline early last season.

So now to go back over the book and anywhere I had a hard time putting things into words the graphics will clarify.

However, Fuglevand says he has a hard time envisioning what sort of practical functions the technology might serve.

Besides, I had a hard time believing that Michael's "true self" was a fundamentalist Christian who writes derogatorily about being gay.

Jiang had a hard time believing that a nation as technologically advanced as we were could make such a mistake.

We spent a hard time working, hoping to bring you a pleasant day in the following year and that you all will like this film.

I can, usually, interpret some meaning in what you say, but have a real hard time with your colloquialisms .

When the matter they lied about comes up later, they often have a hard time remembering what they have said.

It was without any doubt a hard time for Kaka that he could not contribute to the team while people blamed him so much.

'We've had a real hard time getting a handle on it, ' says Jim Strode, Kentucky's securities division director.

Should the administrator sense that the system does not "feel" right, she'll have a hard time tracking down the exact problem.

Whether magical or not the fog is certainly effective, shots fired against the town have a hard time hitting their target.

Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, admits she, too, has a hard time resisting the call of her BlackBerry.

I had a hard time with science this semester, and I wasn't surprised to find my worst report card was from my science teacher.

I've been having a hard time keeping my eyes open just listening to it. It's like a special music.

Or when you get a song stuck in your head, you may have a hard time preventing yourself from singing it out loud.

In 2007, a Swiss woman in her late 20s had an unusually hard time crossing the U. S. border.

When he showed online multitaskers pictures of faces, they had a hard time identifying the emotions they were showing.

The new prime minister will have a hard time clearing up the mess left by his predecessor.

Go through This country is going through a very hard time after the earthquake.

Restaurants have had a hard time selling fear (healthy places don't do so well).

We had given the enemy a hard time They dared not come after us, but we could not get away .

Too many families are still having a hard time making the mortgage on their piece of the American Dream.

Sexual tension? Are you out of your mind? He does nothing but give me a hard time.

He had a hard game and a hard time and Bellamy was in very aggressive form and I think the boy coped reasonably well.

Every time I meet this guy he gives me such a hard time, who needs it?

Microsoft does such a good job at creating this abstraction that Microsoft alumni have a notoriously hard time starting companies.

To be honest, I might have a hard time finding Sudan on a map.

If you're going to have a referee like that then you know it's not worth playing the game because you know you're going to get a hard time.

I'm having a hard time understanding why the company is failing. ---Think of it this way. The boss doesn't know what he's doing.

Downing hopes the Boro faithful wouldn't give him a hard time if he does eventually return in opposition colours.

RS: It was a very good time, and actually quite a hard time for me being young and in a different country.

He said a hard time, so he hung up the phone I have forgotten just about there.

Kevin is having a hard time because his wife has been complaining these days.

But if it turn out I am allergic to that CAT, I'll have a hard time persuade my roommate to get rid of it.

Wrestling with a tough decision, stuck in a creative rut or having a hard time solving a complex problem?

The problem is that it has a hard time figuring out what is actually taking place in today's environment.

Still, like humans, the more similar in size the two given choices were, the more the monkeys had a hard time picking the right answer.

I believe that fear is one of the emotions that people have a hard time handling, more specifically the fear of rejection.

LH: So, I had a hard time with playing all of her kind of subservient wifeness. It's not in my nature.

Globalisation's cheerleaders will thus face an increasingly hard time, as the boom in Asia is seen to come at the expense of jobs elsewhere.

Even then, Kroeber said, he had a hard time imagining that China would find a way to make use of all of its new construction.

You think people have a hard time, your home can be too different places.

Sugawara expects to double his sales figures, and he could probably do even better, but he's having a hard time getting vehicles.

We had a hard time in the filming site. Cause it was in a mountain and was freezing.

Since 2000 they have had an especially hard time, explains Andrew Sum of Northeastern University's Centre for Labour Market Studies (CLMS).

I stared at the rack of cards. My mom said "Honey, I know this is a hard time for you. "

I can well remember it was a hard time when he suffered a lot physically and mentally.

Ross has a hard time accepting that his son plays with a Barbie doll; he tries to get him interested in more masculine toys.

Some of us will have a hard time staying motivated during such a lengthy commitment.

She wants to offer a piece of advice: University students having a hard time finding jobs, little white-collar workers, don't be dejected.

An accountant is having a hard time sleeping and goes to see his doctor.

The daughter has been the sole focus of her father's life for so long, he has a hard time letting go.

I never had a hard time understanding what he was looking for.

After all, when it comes to the real challenges of literary translation, human beings have a hard time of it, too.

I had a hard time with math and I wasn't surprised to get the bad repot from my math teacher.

Researchers have long suspected that type 2 diabetes and depression were a two-way street, but had a hard time nailing it down.

And they usually give guys a hard time, but they just kind of welcomed him in.

He had a hard time to visualize the scene as it was described.

We had immigrated to this country from China, and during our early days here we had a hard time with American table manners.

If you've been bleeding cash or you've had a hard time focusing on your job, matters will improve.

Marcia's giving her a very hard time these days. - Oh, what's she doing?

After saying he didn't care if Hawks fans showed up for games or not late last season, Johnson was given a hard time in the papers.

I'm having a really, really hard time not putting everything off until the last minute before their due.

I had a really hard time with science this semester, and I wasn't surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher.

I had a hard time living there when I did, but I can see all the positive things I learned from my experiences growing up buried in snow.

If you're not aware of some of your weaknesses you may have a hard time improving but not be able to pinpoint why.

They really gave him a hard time at the interview.

KF: Why do some people have such a hard time losing weight and keeping it off?

Bush had a hard time saying how he had been affected personally.

They had a hard time subduing her, for she put up a terrific struggle, but they finally subdued her.

Why does Will have a hard time shooting the Keepers - creatures who attack him as he tries to cover the escape of the three sisters?

He used to have a hard time with the way his teammates would handle his personal possessions, especially his cellphone.

What's the worst that can happen? I flinched. That was definitely the wrong question to ask. I was having a hard time breathing right.

So, unlike horses and new undergraduate students, they do not give you a hard time.

I think you are having a hard time seeing yourself outside of your own cultural context.

Unemployment here is among the lowest in the nation and business leaders say they're having a hard time finding qualified job applicants.

Loan Officers and Investment staff had a hard time finding anything to invest in that would return a profit.

A lot of the nurses at the hospital have a hard time concentrating on their work with him around.

We've had a hard time with injuries in our defence over the last two seasons but we've got capable people to fill in.

Every meal, no matter how delicious the food was. . . seem tasteless to me because I had a hard time swallowing every portion of the food.

I also had a hard time believing in the existence of anything I could not see, hear, or touch.

He had a hard time of it.

Adding to their suspicions is the fact that even currency experts have an awfully hard time agreeing on a value for the renminbi.

The reforms, however, may be politically explosive. In Spain, they come at a particularly hard time.

It was a hard time for me to wake up so early on that day too!

Now that the global business cycle has turned, Asia will have a very hard time decoupling itself from a consolidation of the US consumer.

I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.

Give her a hard time about something in a funny way.

If it's true that people have a hard time choosing when they have too many options, what is the best way to deal with that problem?

The first thing she did is something many abuse victims may have a hard time doing.

If you speak too quickly, and with the wrong intonation and rhythm, native speakers will have a hard time understanding you.

Patrol have a hard time trying to finding us once we land.

Pompey knew of the fact that his troops would have a hard time against Ceasars veterans, and wished to avoid a battle, ablest so soon.

But, if Dell's PC market share continues declining, it may have a hard time reaping the full benefits of a PC recovery.

"Of course! My mother had a hard time in her childhood, too. " She answered affirmatively.

It's just a hard time but in these times you learn a lot of things.

After a hard time they came to what is called America today.

It must be close to maturing. It's learned to use its new wings quickly and you now have a hard time keeping it on the ground.

California has a hard time providing abundant water to its population.

When it's over, I think everyone will have a hard time getting out of bed the next morning.

Even those with quite good qualifications might have a hard time.

He's just worried and has a hard time separating his worry from his love.

I've never experienced such a hard time finding work.

Berlin had a hard time getting them to work at the peak of the trip, though.

I am having a real hard time understanding why Cap wont sit an obviously out of form Zlatan. . .

'I had a hard, hard time with life after Sid died, ' Ms. Brookshire said. 'I've never loved anybody like I loved Sid. '

Alexis de Belloy had a hard time adjusting to American policies and attitudes about vacation.

Amadeus, based in Cambridge, had a hard time finding like-minded venture capitalists.

We're in a good position to catch them and I feel they will also both have a hard time with injuries.

She had a hard time fitting in because she knew no Cantonese.

If you think you have all the answers, you will have a hard time learning to lead.

Cast back the hard time, sister got married, brother and I studied outside?

I had to deal with so many courses last term that I really had a hard time.

The mayor and allies had a hard time raising funds to buy the land because many potential donors felt the land wasn't worth the price.

Your job will be to express your thoughts and feelings. You can discuss problems you've had a hard time talking about.

And rightly so. How dare they give you such a hard time?

Ironically, I spent most of the month garnering high-traffic by writing about what a hard time I've been having.

Actually, all the hard time had been replaced with some tender pictures. Can you still feel the pains truely suffered in childhood now?

She hopes it will lead to better advice for teens who might be having a hard time kicking cigarettes.

"We've had a hard time eliminating the possibility of very large climate changes, " says Roe.

Package maintainers also have a hard time handling all the incoming patches in a timely manner which frustrates the contributors.

He was kind of quiet and stern, and had a really hard time expressing his feelings.

It may make you feel better to give them a hard time, but it will actually make them dig their heels in more.

You said very clear that you had a hard time playing well through the match. What do you credit this difficulty?

By 1979, most educated youth were heading back to the cities but they had a hard time adapting to the changed world.

John's pals were giving him a hard time about his girlfriend.

So why do so many managers have such a hard time delegating?

People think that, in this hard time of financial crises, our income has not been blocked, but to increase.

The sides of the hill were so steep, and the bushes were so thick that we had a hard time getting to the top.

Thank you for reading my section in the national geographic magazine and I hope you don't have a hard time digesting.

China has its own situations, which are very complex, and sometimes foreigners have a hard time understanding it.

In light of such experiences, Chinese companies may have a hard time expanding in Nigeria.

I knew we were going to have a hard time when I saw the anger on his face.

I had a hard time convincing her that I was not gambling, but making money by figuring.

Or were your feelings ones of fear, discouragement, sadness, or were you even having a hard time imagining fulfilling that goal?

Superiors may give subordinates a hard time, refuse them promotions, assign them to unwanted positions, but they cannot fire them.

But, 'in terms of paradigm shifts, in terms of big innovation, I think China will have a hard time, ' said Mr. Lee from the stage at DLD.

They see America as being like a family that took out too large a mortgage, and will have a hard time making the monthly payments.

Getting through of this hard time, I learn more from you!

Patrol have a hard time trying to find us once we land.

Patients with limited transportation options were having a hard time committing to regular office visits.

You might give yourself a hard time over things you don't enjoy, such as being in a crowed or knowing the right thing to say.

If you find yourself in a situation where plans are fluid and you're having a hard time keeping focused, try the following techniques.

But Saunders had a hard time getting the piece published quickly and now it feels dated.

I wish they'd hurry up and serve us. I'm having a hard time keeping the conversation going.

However, mom kept that box unopened as a remembrance of their love and devotion during that hard time in their lives.

I had a hard time (in) getting them to understand my point.

People have a hard time accepting that I did not choose this preference.

Thus, I had a hard time telling "night" from "light" at the very beginning.

The doctors were having a hard time persuading him to lie down.

Young talented writers have a hard time finding readers and there is almost no serious criticism to help guide readers and writers.

In those days the poor people had a hard time.

When the band came to town, the police had a hard time regulating the traffic.

The Smith family had a hard time keeping up appearances after Mr. Smith lost his job.

It was a hard time, but we were happy then.

My heart hurt so much that I had hard time breathe.

Do not get stuck on words you are having a hard time translating.

I remember we gave the speaker very hard time. Now it's my turn to be on the grill.

The window on the west wall now always gives me hard time, for it allow me no longer sleep during day time.

What can you say to people you love who are going through such a hard time?

You guys have already chopped down all of your forests, so stop giving us a hard time about it.

He deceived me and give me a hard time. I'll get even with he for this sooner or later.

The police had a hard time finding the lost child.

Her son had a hard time learning math, but he is on top of it now.

If you're not passionate about the topic you're blogging about, then you're going to have a really hard time growing the blog.

"That would show they would do anything to cover up for this group. We will have a hard time getting justice. "

A hard time head quarter past, as long as the your ability's persistence live, believe oneself.

Even the cynics, though, are having a hard time explaining this latest twist in the tortuous peace process.

With a lot of difficult problems to settle, the newly-elected president is having a hard time.