Example sentences of "go [prep] some trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth going to some trouble to ensure that those involved understand that they are not facing an inquisition or a witch hunt but directly influencing management in their area . |
| 2 | This goes to some trouble to refute the idea that population growth is desirable and will not cause ecological damage . |
| 3 | He had spoken to Paul Guillaume , an ambitious and knowledgeable young dealer , about Modigliani and went to some trouble to arrange an introduction . |
| 4 | ‘ We went to some trouble to explain the administrative , advertising and fundraising costs , ’ says John Tame . |
| 5 | Henry had copies of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle identifiable with our C and E , and went to some trouble to re-order his material so that his account of early English history was clearer than that of his sources ; Florence helped his readers by prefacing his work with lists of bishops of English sees and genealogies of English royal dynasties . |
| 6 | So although he has gone to some trouble to leave tracks across his own land at Highgrove specially for the local hunt , the Beaufort , he hardly ever joins them . |
| 7 | I had been asked for a full text of the sermon , to be printed in the society minutes and had gone to some trouble to prepare for the occasion . |
| 8 | Sure , they screamed and ran away ( hoping to be chased , no doubt ) then turned to us , shouting abuse ; one wee lassie whom I fancied strongly ( her dad was a special constable , this being the year of the General Strike , 1926 ) had evidently gone to some trouble by composing the following ditty : |
| 9 | Signs that you have gone to some trouble to find out about the firm will be very much in your favour . |
| 10 | The 1693 title-page calls attention to ‘ Alterations , Additions , and several new SONGS ’ , which is fair enough : Tonson had gone to some trouble to update it . |
| 11 | Having gone to some trouble to obtain high quality sample preparations , it is important to realize their potential by using appropriate techniques when studying them . |
| 12 | Sir Ralph Grunte had gone to some trouble over his constituency dinner party , La Noblesse being by no means cheap . |
| 13 | Nettie , after all , had gone to some trouble , with dishes of peppermint fondants and dark after-dinner chocolates , in addition to the steaming silver coffee-pot and the matching silver jug of thick fresh cream . |
| 14 | He 'd been right about Mrs Aitken having gone to some trouble . |
| 15 | Staff will go to some trouble to enable families to attend . |
| 16 | Go to some trouble to make a proper start to your programme . |
| 17 | Those who use the term ‘ paragraph ’ to describe a unit in the structural analysis of written discourse go to some trouble to point out that they are not describing the orthographic paragraph . |