Example sentences of "[be] more trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're more trouble than the Wogs . |
| 2 | they 're more trouble than they 're worth ! |
| 3 | I would think they 're more trouble than they 're worth unless you 've got |
| 4 | It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself . |
| 5 | This is very important and I should imagine there 's been more trouble , probably , with people representing the authority and being rather officious , and this has got no one anywhere . |
| 6 | Illegible notes are more trouble than they are worth . |
| 7 | We had agreed at the start of this thing that pressing the Harwich local council for housing would probably be more trouble than it was worth : if one of their inspectors had decided to check my circumstances with the port authorities , the customs people would inevitably have found out about the way in which I had been using their cupboard ( and would have had a pink fit , probably ) . |
| 8 | If we move them on to the street , there 'll be more trouble . |
| 9 | But there could be more trouble if the king does not open up the political system or do something about the great disparities of wealth . |
| 10 | He does n't know where we are at the moment and if the authorities catch up with him and give him my address it will be more trouble than it 's worth . ’ |
| 11 | In 1734 , for example , Gabriel Napier of Craigannet , the sheriff-depute of Stirlingshire , pressed Lord Ilay to help him add the office of keeper of the register of sasines for Stirling and the stewartry of Menteith to his official holdings , for he found the sheriffship to be more trouble than it was worth . |
| 12 | When Carey 's body was found , there would be more trouble , more disruption . |
| 13 | This may be satisfactory in a matter where there is substantial work involved , but in many cases , such as minor motoring offences , where the client , after being advised , may wish to plead guilty , there may be more trouble in having the English forms completed than in assisting the client . |
| 14 | It might be more trouble than it 's worth . ’ |
| 15 | Yes , he might be a useful contact but somehow she sensed he might be more trouble than he was worth . |
| 16 | Rangers initially were of the opinion that their share of the tickets for the Velodrome in Marseille was so unsatisfactory as to be more trouble than it was worth . |
| 17 | Oh it might be more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 18 | Many judicial rights were more trouble than they were worth , but , burdensome or trivial , they were nevertheless a foundation of aristocratic influence ; in half the villages and towns as mayor , councillor , or judge , the lord or his representative stood between the subject and his king . |
| 19 | These children were more trouble than any animal in the Star Zoo ! |
| 20 | before before the meeting proper may I refer you to first of all the voice amplification system is currently working but er there are some difficulties with it and it may during the day deteriorate to a state that it is more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 21 | Very pleased to have yours and as I said in my last it 's your money , God has been very kind to you and you must n't fly up in the face of his kindness and I wish you had not taken this step , your Uncle Steve says property 's more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 22 | And there was more trouble . |
| 23 | ‘ I hear there was more trouble in Angleside at the weekend , ’ says Marjorie , wiping the milky foam of the cappuccino from her lips with a dainty tissue . |
| 24 | He said she was more trouble than she was worth . |
| 25 | From what we have seen it might be supposed that private judicial patronage was more trouble than it was worth , but the offices were in fact received as a sign of favour by many lawyers , who could of course use them as stepping stones to better things . |
| 26 | The docks remained busy throughout the long hot summer months , but as winter drew in there was more trouble brewing as the miners went on strike for better pay . |
| 27 | ‘ That child was more trouble to me than anyone would believe ! |
| 28 | It was more trouble than it was worth . |
| 29 | Well , they 'd got the skeleton that wanted a big brass lock but er oh you know , lovely and er it was more trouble getting the thing through the pan to get er the case than putting the insides in it , if you follow what I mean . |