Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [det] the trouble " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ? |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | That could have been the cause of all the trouble , I suppose . |
6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |