Example sentences of "[prep] the trouble [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large part of the trouble lay in the overlapping and by no means clearly defined responsibilities for operations in Vietnam between US forces operating in support of the Chinese in the ‘ China Theater ’ , and Southeast Asia Command : more particularly , the disagreements between the US General Wedemeyer and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten . |
| 2 | At a preliminary meeting of the British commanders Slim bluntly observed that ‘ the root of the trouble lay in the fact that the Burmese distrusted us ’ . |
| 3 | Part of the trouble lay in the German command 's ruthless system of keeping divisions in the line over lengthy periods , constantly topping up the losses with new replacements . |
| 4 | Mario and I agreed during that long flight that part of the trouble had to be media coverage . |
| 5 | For him , the inability to locate the source of the trouble resulted in unmethodical chaos . |
| 6 | The worst of the trouble occurred in Bihar , a state with a long record of political violence . |
| 7 | Most of the trouble appeared to be centred on the Cocody and Yopougon campuses of Abidjan university where , on the night of May 17-18 , troops stormed student accommodation . |
| 8 | Part of the trouble stemmed from a dislike of Sandys ' refusal to heed professional advice , and from his propensity for allowing the senior civil servants in the Ministry of Defence to usurp the powers that properly belonged to the Chiefs of Staff . |