Example sentences of "was [v-ing] trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seb realised immediately that Boz was seeking trouble as a means of purging himself of the anger and frustration that was bubbling inside him . |
| 2 | in the cell block and we and somebody was causing trouble many many years ago |
| 3 | Almost 30% of the province 's polling stations were closed for security reasons and the UN was expecting trouble . |
| 4 | That meant he was expecting trouble . |
| 5 | ‘ She was having trouble with a piece of chewing gum and it was my way of saying thank you . |
| 6 | Feeling frustrated , he took the offer , in 1951 , of a three-month posting to BRM , which was having trouble with the Rolls-Royce supercharger on its V16 engine . |
| 7 | Mr Adamec said that he was having trouble recruiting such experts into the cabinet . |
| 8 | By his own admission , the man who had won a European Cup medal destroying the best defences in Europe was having trouble finding the door . |
| 9 | We 'd clear them out for the licensee if he was having trouble . |
| 10 | Then he 'd tell Phil Simpkin that he was having trouble with one of the staff , and she 'd be out on her wiggly bottom before she knew what hit her . |
| 11 | ‘ At a low point during my stay in Japan when I was having trouble with the language and the culture I phoned my father to say I was coming home , ’ recalls the black sheep with the black belt . |
| 12 | On lap forty-five , he finally got past Lauda ( who was having trouble with his gear linkage ) going up Druids and the crowd went wild . |
| 13 | He was having trouble playing it down , with a full-scale sex scandal to contend with . |
| 14 | But by the second day of the adventure , her escort was having trouble getting her out of the pool . |
| 15 | Elaine was having trouble forming the words now and George guessed that if he kept quiet she would fall asleep . |
| 16 | Didier had not taken to a foreign language and was having trouble keeping up in class . |
| 17 | He had impotency fears and I was having trouble in analysis . |
| 18 | Culley was having trouble hearing Sanchez . |
| 19 | Ted was having trouble picking out a shirt ; his sister had given him a couple of new ones last Christmas , but this was the first time that he 'd really had to study them with regard to presentability . |
| 20 | ‘ As I understand it , my friend was having trouble with a soldier . |
| 21 | My son was having trouble selling his car until he put a newly-worded advert in the local paper : ‘ … extortionately priced at £1,100 but I relish a good argument ! ’ |
| 22 | Dauntless found he was having trouble remembering how to speak . |
| 23 | Over the years , Dauntless had become used to loneliness , but he suspected that for Cleo it was a new condition which she was having trouble getting used to . |
| 24 | Normally he would n't touch a job as small as the cottage , but I once did a favour for his father , and when I mentioned that I was having trouble finding someone to do the job he volunteered . ’ |
| 25 | While it was n't exactly a cheerful tone , it was more animated than Faye had been since she first admitted that she was having trouble with her eyes , and Belinda knew that she would tell her husband about the problem as soon as they were alone . |
| 26 | The school was having trouble with leaks in their stainless steel hydrotherapy pool which resulted in the children being unable to use it for a number of weeks . |
| 27 | Rogers was having trouble with his gun . |
| 28 | He was having trouble with his hearing-aid . |
| 29 | Not dreadfully exciting stuff , and yet Charity could reluctantly understand why her cousin found the man intriguing and was having trouble looking away . |
| 30 | Dog agility appeals to all ages … although seven year old Daniel Treagus was having trouble with his Cavalier King Charles spaniel which refused to climb the A frame : |