Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | We then had a stroke of luck as Filden I broke down in Dieppe and the owner was sent to see if he could locate the trouble . |
| 2 | You do n't know the trouble we 've had actually getting this . |
| 3 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 4 | Connecting a 47ohm 6W resistor across the output terminals will clear the trouble , although I think it is unlikely to occur in this design . |
| 5 | Qualifications disqualify the person from being considered ( e.g. on the grounds that they will become easily bored or might become a trouble maker ) . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't want no trouble between old friends . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't want no trouble , ’ put in Jack uneasily . |
| 8 | So help me , I never knew those guys were gon na make no trouble . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't , no , I do n't think no trouble with them . |
| 10 | Even so , this did not stop the trouble . |
| 11 | Better management could stop the trouble in its tracks and save the city thousands of pounds . |
| 12 | Wilko said : ‘ David has been in tremendous form in the early games and we can only hope the trouble clears up by Saturday . ’ |
| 13 | And this bloke called Haigh that sent his clothes in to the model-maker so 's they would n't have the trouble of faking them . |
| 14 | I began to alter my standards of hospitality , offering them my pale , cold face when their music grew louder , when they began laughing among themselves and did n't take the trouble to explain their jokes to me as they had before , or repeat their words until I understood what they were saying . |
| 15 | Lots of people are fed up with the way their lives are headed but they do n't often take the trouble to do anything about it . |
| 16 | It is a worry that will have builders scouring this report for ideas , although at £295 a copy it is unlikely that any cost-conscious home owners will take the trouble to read about their prejudices . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't propose to read it out , if they ca n't take the trouble to send somebody to do it themselves , ’ said chairman Dr Derek Roberts , provost of University College . |
| 18 | Once these images must have excited lust — enough to make someone take the trouble to cut them out and stick them up on the wall ; but after a day or two , or a week or two , the pictures had ceased to arouse , they had become familiar — faded and tattered and oil-stained , almost indistinguishable from the dirt and debris of the rest of the factory . |
| 19 | On the other hand , I suspected that those concerned with the practical supply of publicly available information to business executives ( whom , after all , the work carried out here was originally intended to help ) would probably not take the trouble to read such a review , if it ever came to fruition , because it would not be practical enough ! |
| 20 | It is necessary and immensely touching that your mentor should take the trouble to give you comfort in every step you take , in a very basic and everyday way . |
| 21 | ( How often one wishes that readers who have no hearing loss would take the trouble to follow the same procedure ! ) |
| 22 | Some councillors expressed their deep concern , but declined to comment further ; some promised help and support , and expressed their own outrage at the course of events ; some did n't take the trouble to answer the letter at all , A few of them , however , proceeded to make their own enquiries . |
| 23 | The authority to issue cattle vouchers enhanced the power and status of a headman , but many of those assigned to this task could not see why they should take the trouble to inquire into the origins of the cattle concerned . |
| 24 | OK , another story , another rumour , but who 'd take the trouble to make this stuff up ? |
| 25 | Why take the trouble of trying to assess from mobility predictions who will move and who wo n't ? |
| 26 | She relates that Lena will even take the trouble to teach customers how to use machines that they have bought elsewhere and go out of her way to make deliveries , both free of charge . |
| 27 | Being kind to them would be the worst sort of sentimentality , or , as Ritchie delightfully puts it , ‘ a mere hypocritical formula to gratify pug-loving sentimentalists , who prate about a nature they will not take the trouble to understand ’ ( 1976 : 183 ) . |
| 28 | The exhibition was there to display ; we must take the trouble to understand what it displayed . |
| 29 | On the other hand , do take the trouble to be friendly and courteous . |
| 30 | Offers made on the editorial pages need to be particularly attractive or the readers will not take the trouble to send off their stamped addressed envelope . |