Example sentences of "[adv] go to the trouble of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I once went to the trouble of having a pair made in the finest white doeskin but fortunately I have now outgrown such extravagances in much the same way that I have outgrown the petty conversations and banal posturings of those who frequent literary gatherings or , worse , television studio canteens . |
| 2 | The Epitome or Gaius ' Institutes still distinguishes between legacies and trusts , and even goes to the trouble of explaining what the difference is . |
| 3 | Some states even go to the trouble of having two switches , one a ‘ dummy ’ , so that everyone can say , ‘ it was n't me who actually killed him ’ . |
| 4 | Numerous trials have evaluated the various procedures performed during pregnancy and labour ( Iain Chalmers has even gone to the trouble of collating them ) but very few of these ideas have changed obstetric practice . |
| 5 | I 'd even gone to the trouble of finding a real piece of rattan jog — the dried bark which gives a deep red colour to the dish — in the fifth Punjabi deli I 'd tried . |
| 6 | She obviously assumed that I would n't go to the trouble of prosecuting her once it was in her possession . ’ |
| 7 | He did n't go to the trouble of setting up a little love-nest for nothing . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Believe me , I would n't go to the trouble of lying to you . ’ |
| 9 | We at least went to the trouble of asking them . ’ |
| 10 | So you can take this even further if you want , by saying : why go to the trouble of using your hands at all ? |
| 11 | It would be a waste of time actually to go to the trouble of filling the space itself with blanks . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |