Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [art] trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only hope that policy-makers ( and knee-jerk media pundits ) will take to the trouble to read beyond the title . |
| 2 | ‘ No-one would go to the trouble to devise such an imposture , and kill at least once , probably twice , to maintain it , just for the possibility of a few snippets of military information . |
| 3 | If you are very keen to try pressing wild flowers , do go to the trouble of checking which species are protected and be strong-willed enough to leave them well alone . |
| 4 | So you can take this even further if you want , by saying : why go to the trouble of using your hands at all ? |
| 5 | Why , when animal teeth were available and were in fact used for necklaces by the simple process of perforating their roots , did men go to the trouble to carve beads from solid ivory ? |
| 6 | Why you would n't break a window to break a window , why you 'd go to the trouble of using a glass cutter |
| 7 | ‘ Given that an angry parent might just conceivably break Gray 's neck for , as you put it , touching up his youngster , why should he go to the trouble of severing the head , and then putting it in the Cathedral font ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why did you go to the trouble of hiring me if what you wanted were the same drab old styles of before ? ’ |
| 9 | She obviously assumed that I would n't go to the trouble of prosecuting her once it was in her possession . ’ |
| 10 | He did n't go to the trouble of setting up a little love-nest for nothing . ’ |
| 11 | Why does an exchange go to the trouble of becoming an RIE , rather than lobbying to become an ISSRO , or simply joining the Securities and Futures Authority ( SFA ) or the SIB ? |
| 12 | ‘ Believe me , I would n't go to the trouble of lying to you . ’ |