Example sentences of "go to the trouble of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Why did you go to the trouble of hiring me if what you wanted were the same drab old styles of before ? ’ |
| 32 | Why does an exchange go to the trouble of becoming an RIE , rather than lobbying to become an ISSRO , or simply joining the Securities and Futures Authority ( SFA ) or the SIB ? |
| 33 | She obviously assumed that I would n't go to the trouble of prosecuting her once it was in her possession . ’ |
| 34 | If you are very keen to try pressing wild flowers , do go to the trouble of checking which species are protected and be strong-willed enough to leave them well alone . |
| 35 | ‘ Given that an angry parent might just conceivably break Gray 's neck for , as you put it , touching up his youngster , why should he go to the trouble of severing the head , and then putting it in the Cathedral font ? |
| 36 | ‘ Believe me , I would n't go to the trouble of lying to you . ’ |
| 37 | But why should any western power go to the trouble of administering a third world country when these can simply be milked dry ? |
| 38 | ‘ It 's frustrating when we go to the trouble of providing better facilities for away supporters and then incidents like this happen . ’ |
| 39 | She come off the phone and she said , bloody hell she said that one of the rare times I go to the trouble of making myself butties for dinner , cos usually she gets a pasty or something , and I get invited out for dinner , you this Viv er , a friend of hers , you know the one that was having trouble with all that drainage underneath the |
| 40 | ‘ But if you go to the trouble of putting a screen round the tub , what else do you do ? ’ |
| 41 | Some states even go to the trouble of having two switches , one a ‘ dummy ’ , so that everyone can say , ‘ it was n't me who actually killed him ’ . |
| 42 | Before their confinements some women go to the trouble of having the room they are to lie in fumigated . |