Example sentences of "to [adj] trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But whenever I see that PG tea advert on TV I think how close I was to real trouble ! ’ |
| 2 | Hospital authorities go to tremendous trouble to give patients food they like and can cope with . |
| 3 | I was deeply disturbed by this and quite convinced that it would lead to serious trouble . |
| 4 | Which could add up to serious trouble . ’ |
| 5 | Fortunately most old people do get a satisfactory service from their general practitioner , finding that he will go to great trouble to see that they get all the medical and social help that is available to them . |
| 6 | ‘ Your friend goes to great trouble to make you think ill of me . ’ |
| 7 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 8 | He had gone to great trouble to ascertain ways in which my knowledge of Italy and especially Libya might be put to use : As I was once again unemployed and earning no money , I needed to obtain some work . |
| 9 | Oh , when the lads did this , they went to great trouble to actually find the right sort of windows and what have you . |
| 10 | It can moreover lead to endless trouble : there are always children who will opt out on parental instructions or with parental permission , or who may be thought to need alternative provision . |
| 11 | For those whose scholarship he respected he was prepared to go to endless trouble , but to those whom he suspected of pretensions exceeding their knowledge or understanding he gave short shrift . |
| 12 | ‘ Went to endless trouble to organise my diet as well . ’ |
| 13 | Unidroit , for example , goes to considerable trouble , by means of consultations with representative international organizations and by questionnaires to specialists and to governments which in turn consult their national organizations , to establish that those practising in the field in question believe that differences in national laws create a problem and that harmonization would bring benefits . |
| 14 | Since it will not breed in this form , it has no sexual equipment ; since it has no cause to attract a mate , it needs no mechanisms to send out call-signals whether by sight , smell or sound , nor any sense organs to receive such messages ; and as its parents have gone to considerable trouble to ensure that when it hatches it is surrounded by the great quantities of the particular food it requires , it needs no wings . |
| 15 | Adam said in a stiff voice , ‘ I went to considerable trouble to choose the best place , so naturally it is n't cheap . |
| 16 | The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village . |
| 17 | Somebody had gone to considerable trouble and expense to acquire the books and have them hollowed out , then delivered to the car hire people just before our plane arrived . |
| 18 | It was obvious that Bonard had been to considerable trouble to arrange for the members of his class to meet people with similar interests to their own . |
| 19 | Ellen 's father , Jack , had greeted his daughter with the testily expressed hope that she had not left the safe position at the royal castle that he had gone to considerable trouble to obtain for her . |
| 20 | I wish to present a petition on behalf of Mrs. Janet Burke of 59 Fairfield road , Scunthorpe , who has gone to considerable trouble to collect signatures protesting against any attempt to reintroduce the export of live horses for slaughter . |
| 21 | The Kenyans have gone to enormous trouble to make this not a murder . ’ |
| 22 | You will find he will go to immense trouble to avoid Night Goblin units if he even thinks they might contain Fanatics . |
| 23 | Most of these , as opposed to Hollywood films , go to immense trouble to get the details right , and by concentrating on the background rather than what 's going on you can get a fine haul , especially with the aid of a video . |