Example sentences of "[prep] the trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | People would have lived happily if it was n't for the troubles instigated by the government and the Jewish Agency . ’ |
| 2 | The Teddy Boys also coexisted with compulsory military service — which is so often wheeled out as a panacea for the troubles of youth — and national service was even condemned in the 1950s as ‘ a positive adverse influence on young people ’ because of the way in which it interrupted the transition from school to work and encouraged an ‘ eat , drink and be merry ’ philosophy . |
| 3 | As the Soviet army in Germany has to cross Poland to get home ( unless it goes by sea ) , the Poles have asked for compensation for the trouble this causes . |
| 4 | He had felt like beating her up , so it seemed a mild enough rebuke for the trouble she 'd caused him . |
| 5 | Alex and I enjoy it occasionally and I enjoy making it , which I suppose is sufficient justification for the trouble . ’ |
| 6 | Thank you Sylvia for the trouble you have taken . |
| 7 | ‘ Since I was old enough to carry a money-bag , I 've trudged round the streets , knocking on every door of every property you own … aye , and sometimes I 've had a fist in my face for the trouble , but never once have I let you down . |
| 8 | Christina warmed to her and was glad for the trouble she 'd taken on the Morris 's account . |
| 9 | Their occupational duty , as they saw it , was equally clear-sufficient numbers and mobile reserves for the trouble spots . |
| 10 | Quietly as a mouse , Lalage picked her up and , candlestick in hand , went carefully through the darkened house to the hall door where she waited , the candle flame blowing flat and sideways , until Nettie came back , grateful and apologetic for the trouble she had given . |
| 11 | He meant to hurt her , to have his revenge for the trouble she and her family had caused . |
| 12 | For the trouble with the great and the good is that we expect them to be on duty the whole time . |
| 13 | Jason tells me you 've often made careless mistakes in your work , and that you 've always resented him correcting you , ’ Mike enquired , and Kate knew from the way he spoke that he too blamed her for the trouble . |
| 14 | Like most true Cornishmen , the Arundells were staunchly Royalist during the troubles , and the sixth Sir John was killed at Plymouth while charging at the head of his troop in 1643 . |
| 15 | Appointed director of movements in 1965 , Thomas supervised the upgrading of the somewhat primitive passenger facilities at RAF Lyneham , and the rapid evacuation of British forces from Aden during the troubles there . |
| 16 | On the whole they had a much more restricted influence than the gentry but they occasionally emerged , as during the troubles of 1549 and the Clubmen 's riots of the 1640s , as a powerful conservative and stabilising force in county politics . |
| 17 | The door of service in Zaire closed behind us when we left during the troubles last September . |
| 18 | During the troubles of 1173–4 the inhabitants of the citadel seized the opportunity to turn their enclosure into a proper circuit of walls , a move which was probably aimed against the city rather than against ducal authority , though clearly it was taking advantage of the latter 's temporary weakness . |
| 19 | He was badly wounded in Dublin during the troubles of 1919–21 , in which he admired the technical skills of his Irish guerrilla opponents . |
| 20 | That was a real issue during the troubles in the Punjab and had a real effect on Wolverhampton . |
| 21 | Sadly the situation did deteriorate during the seven-year war and lots of schools closed as the troubles increased . |
| 22 | He is to learn about the troubles of his early life by interviewing the servants of the family and by submitting to the interviews of psychoanalysis . |
| 23 | ‘ No one wants to hear about the troubles of the elderly . ’ |
| 24 | At his London press conference he attacked a Northern Irish journalist 's complaint that ‘ We 've had all those films about the troubles in the North and we 're bored with them ’ by insisting that those were the films the people needed . |
| 25 | When I was writing in this magazine [ October 1987 ] about the troubles of the Flow Country in Sutherland ( christened then ‘ Britain 's Last Wilderness ’ ) , I suggested that the concept tends to devalue ‘ the presence of humans in remote areas and overvalue their contribution elsewhere . ’ |
| 26 | But Henry was more concerned about the political repercussions of the advances he was making on the Continent than about the troubles of the church of Canterbury . |
| 27 | They wanted to hear about the troubles . |
| 28 | ‘ Both worrying about the troubles of the world and how to cure them , but John 's been talking to his dad about this Spanish business and other things and he 'll work things out soon . ’ |
| 29 | I did recall you were from Danu , so when I first read about the troubles there I became somewhat anxious on your behalf . |
| 30 | He talks to me about Ireland , about the troubles . |