have a terrible time

The boy must have had a terrible time at school.

I used to have a terrible time trying to read what he put down.

She always had a terrible time getting them out and back up to the house.

He had a terrible time with it right from the beginning.

"You must have had a terrible time these last weeks."

"How do you get out of here if you're having a terrible time?"

"Lower income kids are having a terrible time in higher education."

"Dysfunctional kids like that have a terrible time at school."

But they have a terrible time seeing the law of gravity.

"But I had a terrible time trying to get the rights to it.

We had a terrible time when my husband was made redundant five years ago.

Children in France, if she were beaten down, would have a terrible time.

I missed everything and had a terrible time on the greens.

But others did, and he had a terrible time getting people to work for him or store buyers to visit.

Poor Josh was having a terrible time holding onto him.

She probably would have a terrible time at the opera nowadays.

He had a terrible time with the buttons on his jeans.

"But he had a terrible time hanging on to them.

"We had a terrible time," he recalled in later years.

My uncle who was killed in the Philippines certainly had a terrible time.

"I had a terrible time back then, hated all the other people," he said.

"He's going to have a terrible time getting back to normal as it is.

We have a terrible time getting him even to come indoors for meals.

They were having a terrible time trying to open the approach tunnels, working around the clock.

I've been a computer specialist for the last 20 years, and I am having a terrible time trying to find employment.