Example sentences of "had gone [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Sir Ralph Grunte had gone to some trouble over his constituency dinner party , La Noblesse being by no means cheap . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Amy had gone into some detail as to how her husband had effected that state of affairs but beyond that , prevented partly by her inexperience , partly by her natural reserve and partly , indeed , by the barrier which Amy 's misery put up , Theodora had not penetrated . |