Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] all 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 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 .
4 That could have been the cause of all the trouble , I suppose .
5 ‘ 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 . ’
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