Example sentences of "to the trouble of " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ But if you go to the trouble of putting a screen round the tub , what else do you do ? ’ |
| 32 | He found it worth while to put himself to the trouble of finishing touches . |
| 33 | She obviously assumed that I would n't go to the trouble of prosecuting her once it was in her possession . ’ |
| 34 | He did n't go to the trouble of setting up a little love-nest for nothing . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ And , ’ he pursued pleasantly , ‘ I certainly had n't guessed that you had actually gone to the trouble of speculating on my reactions — to illness or to anything else , ’ he added quietly . |
| 36 | We at least went to the trouble of asking them . ’ |
| 37 | I 'd even gone to the trouble of finding a real piece of rattan jog — the dried bark which gives a deep red colour to the dish — in the fifth Punjabi deli I 'd tried . |
| 38 | And afterwards they went to the trouble of calling out the Carabinieri to make sure I did n't die of exposure . |
| 39 | Before their confinements some women go to the trouble of having the room they are to lie in fumigated . |
| 40 | 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 ? |
| 41 | I wonder how many times in the past , when you 've been staying here , you 've gone to the trouble of escorting Kirsty to school ? ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Believe me , I would n't go to the trouble of lying to you . ’ |
| 43 | I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests ! |
| 44 | Interesting that Bill 's going to go to the trouble of taking out windows putting in |
| 45 | 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 |