Example sentences of "[prep] the trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He had felt like beating her up , so it seemed a mild enough rebuke for the trouble she 'd caused him . |
| 3 | Alex and I enjoy it occasionally and I enjoy making it , which I suppose is sufficient justification for the trouble . ’ |
| 4 | Thank you Sylvia for the trouble you have taken . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Christina warmed to her and was glad for the trouble she 'd taken on the Morris 's account . |
| 7 | Their occupational duty , as they saw it , was equally clear-sufficient numbers and mobile reserves for the trouble spots . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He meant to hurt her , to have his revenge for the trouble she and her family had caused . |
| 10 | For the trouble with the great and the good is that we expect them to be on duty the whole time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 13 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 14 | William suggested , because she 'd just bought Mary Ann Evans 's and was always talking about the trouble she was having finding good staff . |
| 15 | " Did you hear about the trouble the big Michelin plantation as Phu Rieng has been having with " red peril " agitators ? " |
| 16 | It appeared that Lord Coleworthy had heard all about the trouble from Fairfax and was trying to be a peacemaker . |
| 17 | He had no illusions about the trouble she was in . |
| 18 | Er the trouble about the trouble with the fifties and er actually it was a very good programme er for reminiscing about the fifties . |
| 19 | Because of concern about the trouble , the British authorities have gone to great length to prevent hooligans getting to Italy . |
| 20 | It was , of course , what he tried to do with everyone that he thought worth the trouble . |
| 21 | Items of value , real or sentimental , are worth the trouble of proper storage . |
| 22 | They hope it will prove so complex and costly to implement that the company may finally decide that mining in Mayo simply is n't worth the trouble . |
| 23 | Is is worth the trouble of allowing members to propose resolutions ? |
| 24 | In such cases it would be worth the trouble of introducing worms from elsewhere . |
| 25 | The sad thing is such behaviour will only end up getting the poor stalker or ghillie the sack so it 's not worth the trouble . |
| 26 | What was there in the sea , that vast untapped resource that covered nine-tenths of the world 's surface , that could be worth the trouble ? |
| 27 | You 'll get nothing out of him , the man 's practically penniless , and he is n't worth the trouble . ’ |
| 28 | It 's well worth the trouble , though , firstly because it 's obviously ideal for bringing out the bass in small guitars , secondly because it looks just fabulous , and thirdly because it makes the inside of the guitar smell like an explosion in a spice market . |
| 29 | It 's an expensive wood and not that easy to work , but the beautiful flaming and the rich pale brown colour makes it worth the trouble . |
| 30 | To give this impression would ensure shipwreck on a reef which we shall in any case be lucky to avoid , the indifference of the reader who takes it for granted that we are trying to deduce imperatives from the facts of which one ought to be aware , and assumes in advance that there has to be a flaw somewhere , hardly worth the trouble of locating , as in a new proposal for a perpetual-motion machine . |