Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the trouble " in BNC.

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1 The landlord Alec Crossley kept an orderly house and his buxom blonde wife Grace was always jolly and invariably found time to listen to the troubles of her customers , even when she was hard put to it behind the counter .
2 ‘ No one wants to hear about the troubles of the elderly . ’
3 They wanted to hear about the troubles .
4 You must then know how to cope with the trouble and judge whether to act on your own or call the vet .
5 The new word quickly settled down , however , as a regular pattern began to emerge in the trouble associated with the London Hooligans .
6 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 .
7 From this point onwards it was entirely unnecessary for a testator to go to the trouble of writing a general damnatio in his will .
8 Why do the Continent 's environmentalists , unlike the British or American , need to go to the trouble and expense of political parties at all ?
9 It may be asked why it was necessary to go to the trouble of carving a model which by all accounts may only have been used once , when the same procedure , in fine day would produce a mould directly .
10 The high standards aimed at in such a sifting process are important if we want teachers to go to the trouble of organizing the use of our materials in their teaching .
11 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 .
12 In both these cases the old plates made the necessary points , and there was no need to go to the trouble and expense of getting new ones .
13 It would be a waste of time actually to go to the trouble of filling the space itself with blanks .
14 Interesting that Bill 's going to go to the trouble of taking out windows putting in
15 He is to learn about the troubles of his early life by interviewing the servants of the family and by submitting to the interviews of psychoanalysis .
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