Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"

好不容易(hǎo bù róng yì)

• 我 好不容易 做 了 地铁 到 城市 中心， 才发现没带手机，只好回去拿
• 小王好不容易把毕业论文写完了，才被导师提醒题目错了，要重新写
• 金融危机爆发之后，年轻人好不容易找工作
• 我好不容易才打通了银行的服务热线

Sentences using 好不容易 are often followed by 才, emphasizing the action has been completed later than expected. This gives a sense that the speaker was not only 好不容易, but also spent a long time on the action.