"been through difficult times" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to a period in the past when you experienced difficulty or hardship. For example: We have all been through difficult times this year, but we will get through it together.
"This country has been through difficult times before.
"We have been through difficult times and survived crises also in the past.
Since then the vicious cycle of forced sales to fund anticipated or actual redemptions has only intensified.Survival of the biggestAdmittedly, hedge funds have been through difficult times before.
January 16, 2014 Sean Farrell (@farrell_s) Terry Duddy says Home Retail has been through difficult times when "you don't expect plaudits" but loyal shareholders have had good returns.
Critics argue that the new 46-year-old leader played a key role in much of Labor's instability over the past few years, and yesterday he admitted that his party had been through difficult times.
"Argyle have been through difficult times for a number of years and hopefully we're coming out the other end of it now," he says, "but it's always nice to think that there's a financial reward for winning.
"It is not just his football knowledge and the way he changed the game in this country but as a human being through difficult times for me and my wife.
"It's no secret that the steel industry has been going through difficult times.
"As many of you know, I've been going through difficult times," she said.
UK and EU business are fighting through difficult times to be able to keep up employment levels and win business around the world.
Greece is going through difficult times and the eurozone is facing its biggest crisis since it was created 15 years ago.
