Example sentences of "to go to the [noun sg] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pack the paste into a little terrine , chill it — and you will never again feel it necessary to go to the delicatessen for bought liver pâté or any such sub-standard hors d'oeuvre . |
| 2 | It would be a waste of time actually to go to the trouble of filling the space itself with blanks . |
| 3 | The high standards aimed at in such a sifting process are important if we want teachers to go to the trouble of organizing the use of our materials in their teaching . |
| 4 | From this point onwards it was entirely unnecessary for a testator to go to the trouble of writing a general damnatio in his will . |
| 5 | Interesting that Bill 's going to go to the trouble of taking out windows putting in |
| 6 | My own guess is that there was no significant demand for free condoms ; nobody is going to go to the trouble of collecting free condoms who would not be prepared to buy them for himself . |
| 7 | Since he wanted to delay the ceremony , but did n't want to go to the trouble of desecrating any graves , he only had one option . |
| 8 | It may be asked why it was necessary to go to the trouble of carving a model which by all accounts may only have been used once , when the same procedure , in fine day would produce a mould directly . |
| 9 | We did n't have many chips , but that was because my mother did n't want to go to the bother of making them , nor did she like the mess that boiling , spluttering fat can make . |
| 10 | I had been planning to go to the Nurburgring for testing the day after the race , but I was told to return to the factory and stop the new car I was building . |
| 11 | If you do n't want to go to the expense of buying them , check out the travel section at your local library . |
| 12 | The two councils must now decide whether to go to the expense of appealling through the courts . |
| 13 | However , as a result of this legislation , somebody will no doubt have to go to the expense of drawing up tenders and specifications and of sending them out . |
| 14 | Most importantly , farmers are unlikely to go to the expense of installing anaerobic fermenters unless the gas saves them money . |
| 15 | However , London Transport was unwilling to go to the expense of refitting proper external lighting and the headlamp masks were never removed , as they incorporated red slides for display at the rear end of the car and the combined side lamps-tail lamps and route numbers had been removed or rendered ineffective at the beginning of the war . |
| 16 | Rangers had to go to the expense of putting £30,000-worth of protective covering over the pitch after a day of persistent rain . |
| 17 | This does not necessarily mean you have to go to the extent of bringing in high-power floodlights together with their attendant supply-cables . |
| 18 | Before this age parents can be given ideas about encouraging children to go to the lavatory before going to bed , and waking them at the parents ' bedtime so providing another chance to empty their bladder . |