Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] the trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all the trouble we 've taken . ’ |
| 2 | After all the trouble your mother 's taken driving you round the country , why the hell are you deliberately trying to hurt her ? ’ |
| 3 | He praised the performance of 18-year-old Grant Watts , scorer of Palace 's first goal in a shock 2-1 win , and said : ‘ It was a night to enjoy after all the trouble we 've been having this season . |
| 4 | But after all the trouble that he himself had taken to be friendly , he felt so cross at the way in which Fiver had antagonized their new friends that as he passed Bigwig , he said , " Come and help me to get some sense into him . |
| 5 | ‘ After all the trouble … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ After all the trouble they 've caused ? ’ |
| 7 | Though I can see why you must find that disappointing … ’ she let her gaze drift over his white trousers and faded T-shirt , the same white trousers and faded T-shirt he 'd been wearing earlier ‘ … after all the trouble you 've gone to changing for me . ’ |
| 8 | Enraged by such unappreciative comments after all the trouble she 'd gone to , Fran swung round and marched ahead , stopping abruptly when she heard the unmistakable sound of his laughter . |
| 9 | I think they found it surprising , after all the trouble we 've gone to promote this loving relationship , that you 've strayed so long from my side . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ After all the trouble you went to arrange this ? ’ |
| 11 | Gradually , because of all the trouble he was getting into , and with Mr Crangle eyeing him suspiciously every time he the Bookman . |
| 12 | She sat cross-legged , like a native in the bazaar , surrounded by her implements … the knife and the straight edge for cutting the cartridge paper , the wooden mandrels for rolling the paper into shape , the powder flask , the two-and-a-half dram tin measures for measuring out the powder and finally , alas , the pot of grease , the cause of all the trouble . |
| 13 | That 's cos of all the trouble round this area . |
| 14 | That could have been the cause of all the trouble , I suppose . |
| 15 | If Britain gives us all those billions , to keep us going in spite of all the trouble , might not the cash dry up if we had peace ? |
| 16 | ‘ Being there , where Paul wrote home such humorous , hopeful and reassuring letters to us in the middle of all the trouble , will mean something very special to us . ’ |
| 17 | Well worth all the trouble she went to , I 'd say , of mending the silly thing 's leg . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You must show cookie here how grateful you are for all the trouble she 's taken . ’ |
| 19 | Thank you very much for all the trouble . |
| 20 | His osteopath had premises near Regent 's Park and all the way Berg kept apologizing for all the trouble he was causing and Rain kept assuring him it was none at all . |
| 21 | Very many thanks indeed for all the trouble you took in seeing to the distribution , filling-in , and return of the questionnaires . |
| 22 | A very quick note to thank you very much indeed for all the trouble you took in seeing to the distribution , filling-in and return of the questionnaires . |
| 23 | ‘ Dana is very sorry for all the trouble she has caused and wants me to forgive her . ’ |
| 24 | It was when Gesner stepped on to the stage — on this occasion looking unbelievable in his Mandrika costume successfully altered by Wardrobe — that Busacher forgave him , nearly , for all the trouble he caused . |
| 25 | ‘ I hope you 're grateful for all the trouble I 've just gone to , ’ he said . |
| 26 | With all the trouble in the world , the atrocious killing and starving people , it annoys me that there are some people kicking up a fuss about the noise and smells from the farms . |
| 27 | The Reds won the war because they had a good , disciplined army and also because the Whites could not co-ordinate their attacks , due to poor communications and were consequently defeated by the Reds without half the trouble they should have caused the Reds . |
| 28 | You go to all the trouble of finding me a bed in a night shelter and you then get me so drunk they 'll refuse point-blank to let me in ! ’ |
| 29 | My aunt was the one who went to all the trouble of trying to get me out of the Soviet Union . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Why on earth do you think Syl went to all the trouble of making her a separate kitchen ? ’ |