Example sentences of "trouble of [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless your doctor were to go to the additional trouble of writing on the prescription that he meant exactly what he had written , and was forbidding the chemist to substitute , you would get the cheapest product . |
| 2 | At any rate , it was difficult to see that the FAA had any good reason not to implement the very important recommendations made by their own US investigating authority , the NTSB , after the Windsor accident , especially as the RLD had gone to the trouble of flying to Los Angeles to make their point . |
| 3 | Another process is sometimes adopted for getting rid of the sediment without the trouble of decanting in this mode ; the bottles are reserved in a frame proper for the purpose , for a certain number of days , so as to permit the foulness to fall into the neck ; while in this position , the cork is dexterously withdrawn and that portion of the wine that is foul , allowed to escape , after which the bottle is filled with clear wine , permanently corked and secured with wire . |
| 4 | ‘ Believe me , I would n't go to the trouble of lying to you . ’ |
| 5 | This was to avoid all the expense and trouble of going through the rigmarole of a full review for trivial reasons ( hurt pride , for instance ) and delaying the issue of the report , with the associated adverse effect on air safety . |
| 6 | It saves me the trouble of going after you . |
| 7 | ‘ And , ’ he pursued pleasantly , ‘ I certainly had n't guessed that you had actually gone to the trouble of speculating on my reactions — to illness or to anything else , ’ he added quietly . |