Example sentences of "up trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | An agitated old lady addressed Ramsey severely and asked why he did not go back to his own country and do good there instead of stirring up trouble in the United States . |
| 2 | Whenever there is a chance , she and her partners will emerge and stir up trouble . |
| 3 | And that will mean resisting those tempting offers from lenders designed to encourage us to take on more debt by making the initial costs appear cheaper , but which store up trouble for the future . |
| 4 | Charles the Bald was presumably not seeking to stir up trouble in Corbie . |
| 5 | Brogan , Kerrigan and Mullen are tryin' to stir up trouble against your two lads . ’ |
| 6 | Fortunately , one or two civil servants realise that the government could build up trouble if it allows a whole generation to grow up with a dislike for nuclear weapons . |
| 7 | It is its delay that can store up trouble , for there can be no escape from the reality that society will eventually exact civilised behaviour from its members at whatever cost . |
| 8 | Early in 1935 Göring assured Ambassador Lipski that , far from stirring up trouble in the border , Danzig was quiet only because the Nazis were in control . |
| 9 | Do n't deliberately stir up trouble . |
| 10 | By ignoring our impulses , we not only store up trouble for ourselves , but also relinquish our power , our ability to act . |
| 11 | Coffee at No 11 stirs up trouble |
| 12 | Palace courtiers often aligned themselves with one or other marriage partner and that would stir up trouble between them . |
| 13 | The Australians were recovering again from the brink of disaster , although a ruthless reprisal raid by Portuguese against the natives who had helped the Japanese was storing up trouble for the future . |
| 14 | Moet reckons the wannabes ( or ‘ customers ’ ) have n't only stirred up trouble , but have spoiled a good thing with their inept boosting methods . |
| 15 | However , when the replacement director proved inept , Zanuck reinstated Preminger , and Otto the Ogre continued to direct — and stir up trouble — until his death in 1986 . |
| 16 | How could freedom of expression be put at risk merely by the Government 's saying to any one individual ( the Second Vice-President was here referring to foreign capitalist press owners ) that ‘ what you have said is of no relevance in this country and will stir up trouble and mar the peace ’ ? |
| 17 | ‘ At the end of the interview he accused me of trying to stir up trouble , refused to shake my hand and stormed off . |
| 18 | ‘ I can only assume they either think he 'll be too busy with other matters or that he 'll be stirring up trouble . |
| 19 | While all this was going on agents of Naggaroth were abroad throughout the Old World stirring up trouble . |
| 20 | Brother turns against brother as the devotees of the Cult of Pleasure stir up trouble in every city and town . |
| 21 | Their duties were varied : to send back information to England , to negotiate with the government to which they were accredited , and , occasionally , to stir up trouble abroad . |
| 22 | The sensual Margaret Tudor very quickly stirred up trouble by taking a second husband , the sixth Earl of Angus — a Red Douglas , who proved to be a greedy bully and unsuitable either as a husband or a stepfather . |
| 23 | For example , it meant that whenever the King of France wanted to stir up trouble , he always had a legitimate grievance to hand . |
| 24 | A good in-house person makes a list of issues likely to stir up trouble in the media or public sector , and keeps it up to date . |
| 25 | For the most part other trade union leaders of the day accepted that the Federation was an active agent in stirring up trouble for Wilson . |
| 26 | I did n't say that , that surrogacy was storing up trouble for the future |
| 27 | He wo n't wan na stir up trouble . |
| 28 | There 's one who knows how to whip up trouble and find out where you stand . |
| 29 | Mahmud may have bought time for himself , but he stored up trouble for his successors . |
| 30 | " There are outside forces in Russia and China trying to stir up trouble for us here . " |