Sentence examples for had a difficult time over from inspiring English sources

The Belgrade-born, Croatian pianist may have had a difficult time over the past two decades, but this return was, by any measure, a wretched affair, neither technically or musically of a standard that should have been put before a paying audience as part of an international piano series.

"We've had a difficult time over the last 12 months, but I think the individual world-class performances we've put in at stages gives guys a lot of belief and it gives me a lot of confidence coming into these three months".

I felt such distress at their plight that I had a difficult time cooing over the newborn.

Clijsters has had a difficult time of it over the last 18 months, with a serious wrist injury causing her to miss all but the Australian Open in 2004.

They are in desperate need of housing and are especially worried because they had a difficult time getting into shelters over the summer.

All former ministers have had a difficult time defending their policy decisions over the past three years.

JEFF Z. KLEIN NORWAY GIVES U.S. MEN TROUBLE The United States had a difficult time in a 6-1 victoverover Norway in Olympic men's hockey.

Mae West, in particular, had a difficult time transferring her bawdy persona over into the new era.

They had a difficult time, and as the survivors escaped over the Panamints one of them exclaimed, "Goodbye, Death Valley!" He probably had the Biblical psalm in mind: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death".

Arum had a difficult time with Haymon during the first fight over negotiating the fight and a late ticket dispute, but he was conciliatory Sunday, saying, "Knowing the pitfalls, you negotiate to eliminate those pitfalls".

CHIP SHOTS BILLY MAYFAIR (three over par) missed the cut and had a difficult time playing with TIGER WOODS.