Example sentences of "trouble be [conj] it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only trouble is that it lies quite close to a footbridge and as soon as anyone walks across it I can guarantee I will not get a bite for at least an hour afterwards . |
| 2 | The trouble was that it seemed as likely as a lion apologising to a gazelle . |
| 3 | The trouble was that it seemed almost unfair to Donald not to have another go . |
| 4 | The trouble was that it did not necessarily sell well so that in some cases , such as that of the Burgundian lord , Guillaume de Châteauvillain , both he and his family , who acted as guarantors for the payment of 20,000 saluts which he had agreed to pay when captured by the French in 1430 , faced financial ruin . |
| 5 | But that was where the trouble was because it did n't toast properly . |