Example sentences of "go to [art] lot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By changing cloths and napkins you can alter the feeling and style of the room quite spectacularly without going to a lot of expense — bright paper tableware for children 's parties , sophisticated damask or fine linen for a formal dinner party or cheerful gingham for casual or family meals . |
| 2 | ‘ He seems to be going to a lot of trouble to help you , ’ said Irene . |
| 3 | And I 'll send that to Dick and he 'll fix you 're up and saved them going to the lot of trouble on their own er ground . |
| 4 | but then her anger seemed to have woken her and she continued , ‘ I know you went to a lot of trouble over the meal , but my brother 's sexual proclivities are n't any of your business , or mine either . ’ |
| 5 | True , he went to a lot of trouble to make his performance as authentic as possible ( 'he wo n't be satisfied till he 's assassinated , ’ friends used to say ) , but in the end what we see is still Massey , not Lincoln . |
| 6 | Cameron went to a lot of receptions , private views , book launches , first night parties , movie premières and testimonials . |
| 7 | ‘ I went to a lot of trouble , ’ Flora said , aggrieved . |
| 8 | We went to a lot of things |
| 9 | Somebody went to a lot of trouble to get me that . |
| 10 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people . |
| 11 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that . |
| 12 | We 've gone to a lot of trouble here to promote good relations with the local community and I 'm not going to have all that good work vitiated by a totally unnecessary legal action , particularly not now when work will soon begin on the new reactor . ‘ |
| 13 | Remarks ( i ) If the reader feels we have gone to a lot of trouble to establish a result which is " obvious " we ask him on what grounds he bases his belief i this result ? |
| 14 | ‘ You 've gone to a lot of trouble , ’ he said , opening it out . |
| 15 | " Somebody 's gone to a lot of trouble to remove anything that might give a clue to his identity , " Redpath said . |
| 16 | ‘ They 've probably all gone to a lot of trouble . ’ |
| 17 | You 've gone to a lot of trouble . ’ |
| 18 | Signe had gone to a lot of trouble to make Harvey feel he was back home in America . |
| 19 | Dinner 's in an hour , and Nightingale 's gone to a lot of trouble . |
| 20 | Ralph and Bernie must have gone to a lot of trouble to set him up . |
| 21 | This is it you see , I mean a , a company like or have gone to a lot of trouble to get that length right , er and to tune the box and all this that and the other and get the right , I do n't know maybe er just think oh you know you just build this , put this massive speaker in and call it a sub based woofer |
| 22 | He has no financial obligation towards you , unless you go to a lot of trouble to prove otherwise , and that could take years . |
| 23 | ‘ I go to a lot of fellowship meetings and I see a counsellor once a week which gives me the tools to handle life on a day-to-day basis . ’ |
| 24 | I can tell you , a great many ghosts go to a lot of trouble , and do n't get any thanks for it . |