Example sentences of "the trouble [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , when animal teeth were available and were in fact used for necklaces by the simple process of perforating their roots , did men go to the trouble to carve beads from solid ivory ? |
| 2 | Then she saw that Peter had been crying and that he had taken the trouble to wear a clean , white shirt . |
| 3 | But whether you 're backpacking with all your camping gear , food and so on or just out for a day walk , it pays to take the trouble to assess your requirements before buying . |
| 4 | The protest vote theory , though valid , was not sufficient to explain why 2 million adults took the trouble to vote for organic smallholders and kindred green souls who had hitherto made little impression on the political scene . |
| 5 | The careless , the not-very-bright and the indifferent ( if they took the trouble to vote at all ) would record preferences with a similar lack of understanding of their implications . |
| 6 | Suppose that on average 80% of the 1.3 m. electors took the trouble to vote — say 1.0 m . |
| 7 | Thankful that I had taken the trouble to gather dry wood while it was fine , I lighted the fire , and soon had a cheerful blaze going . |
| 8 | ‘ No-one would go to the trouble to devise such an imposture , and kill at least once , probably twice , to maintain it , just for the possibility of a few snippets of military information . |
| 9 | If you are actively involved in the industry , please take the trouble to arrange for the questionnaire to be completed on behalf of the organisation with which you are working . |
| 10 | Of the many directives gummed to the glass partition , one took the trouble to thank me for not smoking . |
| 11 | His mother , called Erica , who wore a straw hat to cricket matches , and who was obviously as kind as he was , since she 'd taken the trouble to drive the Colonel — a complete stranger — all the way to Taunton in order to watch the one-day county match and — and … |
| 12 | Lots of people are fed up with the way their lives are headed but they do n't often take the trouble to do anything about it . |
| 13 | To come within the scope of the law of confidence , the information does not have to be particularly special and , as in the above case , ordinary and mundane information can be the proper subject matter of confidence as long as it is private to the person who has compiled the information , even though others could gather similar information if they took the trouble to do so . |
| 14 | I began to alter my standards of hospitality , offering them my pale , cold face when their music grew louder , when they began laughing among themselves and did n't take the trouble to explain their jokes to me as they had before , or repeat their words until I understood what they were saying . |
| 15 | As I took the trouble to explain earlier , you ca n't do that . |
| 16 | It was better to let it rot out on the field then go to the trouble to carry it wet because it would only rot or become mouldy and absolutely useless . |
| 17 | After a time it became known in other faculties that this was rather a special lecturer and people reading classics or history or the sciences took the trouble to go over to Ramsey 's lectures and swell his class . |
| 18 | When she had taken the trouble to go to school , lessons had often been called off because someone had vandalized some necessary piece of equipment . |
| 19 | Nor has he taken the trouble to go into details concerning the clerical work to be done . |
| 20 | One foreign ministry clerk in the early years of the twentieth century " soon decided that it was not worth the trouble to go to the office to sleep when I could sleep more comfortably in my own bed or pass my time in more interesting or more amusing tasks " , while an Italian ambassador is said to have spent only fifteen days of a year in residence in a post which he disliked . |
| 21 | High handedness may be the result of nervousness on their part which could be defused if you both take the trouble to see the other 's point of view . |
| 22 | But very few Englishmen came to know Aquitaine ; that is why Ralph of Diss took the trouble to include a lengthy description of the duchy and its inhabitants in his chronicle . |
| 23 | Ron was still coaching me , when I took the trouble to turn up . |
| 24 | Erm all that remains is to say thank you all for taking the trouble to turn up and show an interest in the administration of the society . |
| 25 | It is necessary and immensely touching that your mentor should take the trouble to give you comfort in every step you take , in a very basic and everyday way . |
| 26 | If the customer has taken the trouble to complain ( which is far better than not complaining — the Profitboss would never know about lapses in service otherwise ) , the Profitboss takes the trouble to respond . |
| 27 | Some councillors expressed their deep concern , but declined to comment further ; some promised help and support , and expressed their own outrage at the course of events ; some did n't take the trouble to answer the letter at all , A few of them , however , proceeded to make their own enquiries . |
| 28 | Nobody who has ever taken the trouble to visit General Gouraud 's observation post on a cold , dank winter 's day , could ever escape the hell-hole ambiance of such a deathly place which seems to reach out over the decades of time to shame and sicken the human race . |
| 29 | He felt a sharp twinge of guilt now for not taking the trouble to visit , but William 's family had moved to a better neighbourhood when William 's mum had made her first million , and Preston had gradually lost touch . |
| 30 | It was enough that he should have taken the trouble to visit her and offer his apologies . |