Example sentences of "have taken great pain [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . |
| 2 | Herrick had taken great pains to make sure he was protected . |
| 3 | He had taken great pains to make it attractive ; green candles in crystal holders stood waiting to be lit and in the centre was a bowl of white miniature roses , their heads like pale ghosts against the polished wood . |
| 4 | ‘ I have taken great pains to stress that aspect in the sometimes heated discussions , ’ he said , adding he was not enthusiastic about the original proposals and still had serious reservations . |
| 5 | They have taken great pains to eliminate explanations based on freak signals from side walls , or from inanimate objects ( although we can not entirely discount such hypotheses until we have specifically investigated them ) . |