Example sentences of "trouble [v-ing] it " in BNC.

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1 The only one of the three daughters around was Dorothy , who acted as our guide and mentor and came with us , first on a visit to Speight 's Brewery which was memorable for the guide , who delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice and an accent so broad that even Dorothy had trouble understanding it , heaven knows what all the Japanese tourists made of it ! — and second , on the Taieri Gorge railway , an afternoon 's ride up into Central Otago , with stops along the way .
2 I 'm having trouble picturing it . ’
3 He repeats it to himself as if he has trouble lodging it in his mind .
4 Sure enough they charge the dragon and have no trouble decapitating it , time after time .
5 I quite like the design of the Quattro , the trigger mechanism is very smooth and easy , although the thick thumbed may have trouble getting it past the tape loop .
6 What became real to her was not Therese Aschmann , but the tiny diamond and garnet engagement ring Willi had bought in a shop at the back of St Stephen 's Cathedral , and Gerda 's delight , and the luck they had had in getting two cancellation seats at the Staatsoper for a performance of Figaro , and the elegance of their hotel , and the toy truck they had bought for Georg , which had been so large they 'd had trouble getting it home .
7 I am a pawn and bishop down after 12 moves , but have only half an eye on the game now , which seems to make me play better , or Sergei play worse , for he has pushed up his queen too far and is having trouble defending it .
8 She had no trouble saying it .
9 He was having trouble playing it down , with a full-scale sex scandal to contend with .
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