Example sentences of "to the trouble of [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Chinese transformed rhinoceros horn into forms of customary refinement , it seems unlikely that they went to the trouble of removing agglutinated masses of hair from rhinoceros snouts and lavishing such skill on them for purely aesthetic reasons . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's frustrating when we go to the trouble of providing better facilities for away supporters and then incidents like this happen . ’ |
| 3 | My own guess is that there was no significant demand for free condoms ; nobody is going to go to the trouble of collecting free condoms who would not be prepared to buy them for himself . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | Since he wanted to delay the ceremony , but did n't want to go to the trouble of desecrating any graves , he only had one option . |
| 6 | Who had gone to the trouble of making such notes ? |