Example sentences of "went to the trouble of [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And afterwards they went to the trouble of calling out the Carabinieri to make sure I did n't die of exposure . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I once went to the trouble of having a pair made in the finest white doeskin but fortunately I have now outgrown such extravagances in much the same way that I have outgrown the petty conversations and banal posturings of those who frequent literary gatherings or , worse , television studio canteens . |
| 4 | We at least went to the trouble of asking them . ’ |
| 5 | William Houstoun went to the trouble of making drawings in the West Indies , which he bequeathed to Philip Miller and from these Sir Joseph Banks published the engravings as Reliquiae Houstounianae ( 1781 ) . |