take pains with
Example Sentences
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By the nineteen-thirties, he seems too preoccupied to take pains with his style.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2015
I do not see that, if you take pains with yourself.
From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
He was simply a young man, and I would not value any young man who did not take pains with his personal appearance, even at the risk of being thought proud.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon
This calls for the ability to concentrate the mind upon a multitude of small details, and take pains with little, uninteresting things.
From Shop Management by Taylor, Frederick Winslow
He knew his business very well indeed, and always understood that it was worth his while to take pains with a beginner and paid him in the long run so to do.
From The Torch and Other Tales by Phillpotts, Eden
