Example sentences of "[vb pp] the trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Warblers , not noted as a team of bruisers , while less vociferous than Mr Bean , were adamant that the French had provoked the trouble . |
| 2 | He led me to his house and in a few minutes I had diagnosed the trouble — a flat battery . |
| 3 | You have then located the trouble spots in your language learning and must tackle these systematically with appropriate drills . |
| 4 | Yes , cos they seen the trouble from the balconies , you know . |
| 5 | erm because I have had the trouble of |
| 6 | At least that way the remaining infants would be deloused , taught to read and write , fed , and Mrs Rattrie , by being separated from her husband — since paupers were not allowed to breed — would have been spared the trouble of having any more . |
| 7 | Sections of the Yemeni press linked the trouble to agitation by the main Islamic party , the Yemeni Rally for Reforms ( YRR ) . |
| 8 | In twelve cases , it seems that the pupil 's attempt at spelling the diphthong has caused the trouble |
| 9 | And that arrogant devil Christie Goldsborough who 'd caused the trouble , so far as Frizingley was concerned at any rate , by egging Ben on to cut the wages at Braithwaite 's mill . |
| 10 | I think I know what 's caused the trouble . |
| 11 | This is what 's caused the trouble . |
| 12 | The regional ones seem just to have hit the trouble later . |
| 13 | ‘ Have you identified the trouble ? ’ |
| 14 | Sentencing Cardow , Lord Abernethy said the accused had not started the trouble and had himself been injured . |
| 15 | Hitachi have also taken the trouble to make the control large enough to operate when wearing thick gloves . |
| 16 | Surely the Pharisees themselves should be judged , if not charitably , at least fairly : from their own literature ( which the Jewish and Christian scholars referred to above have taken the trouble to study ) rather than from the taunts of their opponents . |
| 17 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 18 | It is unlikely that Eliot would have taken the trouble to defend Kipling against the charge of race superiority if he had believed in it himself . |
| 19 | Friends of the Earth relies on gifts from concerned people , and if you have taken the trouble to read this letter , I sincerely believe you may be one of those who will help . |
| 20 | One well-organised practice which is currently computerising its patient registers has taken the trouble to check the corresponding FPC register . |
| 21 | McLeish , warmed by the fact that she had taken the trouble to find out a bit about him , confirmed he had been at Reading University and had worked as a young sergeant in the Flying Squad . |
| 22 | This is n't sculpture from the gimmicky , pile-of-bricks school as anyone who has taken the trouble to observe how a flock behaves will instantly recognise . |
| 23 | Nobody has ever taken the trouble to build a cairn on the bare top but the Ordnance surveyors have erected a triangulation column to mark the highest point at 2058 feet . |
| 24 | I sometimes wonder if the reason I struggled with university mathematics was that no one had taken the trouble to express the mysteries of analysis in comic strip form . |
| 25 | There were a number of excellent textbooks on the subject but nobody had taken the trouble to present scientific animal-watching to a general audience . |
| 26 | If you have already taken the trouble to make a searching assessment of yourself as a candidate this should not be impossibly difficult . |
| 27 | Some are well prepared and have taken the trouble to find out how to conduct a selection interview , especially if they are highly trained personnel officers . |
| 28 | Candidates will be reassured if they find that the interviewer has taken the trouble to become familiar with the details on the form . |
| 29 | People who skip breakfast work less efficiently than people who have taken the trouble to provide themselves with fuel for the morning . |
| 30 | Nobody who has ever taken the trouble to visit General Gouraud 's observation post on a cold , dank winter 's day , could ever escape the hell-hole ambiance of such a deathly place which seems to reach out over the decades of time to shame and sicken the human race . |